Hi, Tom,
Tom Lane wrote:
> AFAIR what was discussed was separating
> - schema stuff needed before loading data
> - table data
> - schema stuff needed after loading data
> where the last category boils down to "indexes and then foreign keys".
> All the "other stuff" such as functions really needs to be in the
> first part ... or at least there's no visible benefit to delaying
> loading it.
I agree, it has to be in the first part, especially as data types and
input functions needed for the table definitions and table data may be
defined therein.
HTH,
Markus
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