On Sep 20, 2009, at 12:15 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> That recipe doesn't actually work for cases like this. What *would*
> work is loading the module *before* restoring from your old dump,
> then relying on the CREATEs from the incoming dump to fail.
Jesus this is hacky, either way. :-(
> I believe we have already discussed the necessity for pg_upgrade to
> support this type of subterfuge. A module facility would be a lot
> better of course, but we still need something for upgrading existing
> databases that don't contain the module structure.
Yeah, it's past time for a real module facility.
Best,
David
