Re: ALTER EXTENSION UPDATE: How to update the 'module_pathname'? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Albe Laurenz
Subject Re: ALTER EXTENSION UPDATE: How to update the 'module_pathname'?
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Msg-id A737B7A37273E048B164557ADEF4A58B05785796@ntex2010i.host.magwien.gv.at
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In response to ALTER EXTENSION UPDATE: How to update the 'module_pathname'?  (Henrik Kuhn <henrik.kuhn@origenis.de>)
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Henrik Kuhn wrote:
> after installing an extension with functions with C bindings - CREATE OR
> REPLACE FUNCTION ... AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME' LANGUAGE C ... - I like to
> change the 'module_pathname' upon its update. After reading the docs and
> especially the section of 'ALTER EXTENSION' I have the feeling, that
> this operation is not possible.
>
> First tries lead to the assumption, that the control-file is not
> re-parsed in order to reflect any changes in the 'module_pathname'. I'm
> correct with my observation?
> Is this 'module_pathname' somewhere stored in the internals of some
> pg_tables? If yes, it should be possible to update this entry and call
> ALTER EXTENSION UPDATE again.
>
> What I do not want to do is a DELETE/CREATE EXTENSION process.
>
> Any suggestions?

I think your problem can be solved by creating a new version of
your extension.  In the update script you can have the
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION statements you need.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe


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