Re: pg_dump: use ALTER TABLE for PKs - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: pg_dump: use ALTER TABLE for PKs
Date
Msg-id 200202230236.g1N2aur06244@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: pg_dump: use ALTER TABLE for PKs  (Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>)
Responses Open magazine article on open source rdbms  ("Dave Cramer" <Dave@micro-automation.net>)
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Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:
http://candle.pha.pa.us/cgi-bin/pgpatches

I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.

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Neil Conway wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 22:46, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Neil Conway writes:
> > 
> > > I've attached a patch which enhances pg_dump to use ALTER TABLE when
> > > defining the primary keys of a table (instead of including this
> > > information in the table definition).
> > 
> > I think you've got the "7.2 or later" theme in your patch mixed up.  The
> > version number you're evaluating is the version of the database you're
> > dumping.  The feature you're adding is dependent on the version of the
> > database you're restoring into.  The version of the database you're
> > restoring into is always >= the pg_dump version.  Thus, you don't need any
> > version checks.
> 
> You're absolutely correct -- thanks for spotting that. A new version of
> the patch is attached.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Neil
> 
> -- 
> Neil Conway <neilconway@rogers.com>
> PGP Key ID: DB3C29FC

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