Re: tsearch2 in PostgreSQL 8.3? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: tsearch2 in PostgreSQL 8.3?
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Msg-id 46C27534.8080708@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: tsearch2 in PostgreSQL 8.3?  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>
>> The people who actually use tsearch2 seem to all have the same opinion ...
>> so I think we can't go too far in the bullet-proofing direction.
>>     

Yeah.
>> But I would like a design that is bulletproof in dump/reload scenarios,
>> and I think it's fair to question that aspect of the tsearch2 design
>> because we've seen many reports of people having trouble updating
>> databases that use tsearch2.
>>     
>
> Yea, look at the trouble we are having trying to underestand it all.

True. But I wasn't too concerned about the forecast difficulties with 
data only dumps. Those fail in plenty of circumstances. It is important 
that there is *some* reliable dump/restore/upgrade path, though.

cheers

andrew


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