Re: [v9.2] DROP Reworks Part.0 - 'missing_ok' support of get_object_address - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Kohei KaiGai
Subject Re: [v9.2] DROP Reworks Part.0 - 'missing_ok' support of get_object_address
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Msg-id BANLkTikv-ZPT4NfZ4ytMxZjbDdfscTfK1A@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: [v9.2] DROP Reworks Part.0 - 'missing_ok' support of get_object_address  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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I revised my patch based on your "there-is-no-try-v2.patch".
It enabled to implement 'missing_ok' support without modification of
orders to solve the object name and relation locking.

Thanks,

2011/6/22 Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote:
>> Excerpts from Robert Haas's message of mié jun 22 08:56:02 -0400 2011:
>>
>>> Another option might be to leave heap_openrv() and relation_openrv()
>>> alone and add a missing_ok argument to try_heap_openrv() and
>>> try_relation_openrv().  Passing true would give the same behavior as
>>> presently; passing false would make them behave like the non-try
>>> version.
>>
>> That would be pretty weird, having two functions, one of them sometimes
>> doing the same thing as the other one.
>>
>> I understand Noah's concern but I think your original proposal was saner
>> than both options presented so far.
>
> I agree with you.  If we had a whole pile of options it might be worth
> having heap_openrv() and heap_openrv_extended() so as not to
> complicate the simple case, but since there's no forseeable need to
> add anything other than missing_ok, my gut is to just add it and call
> it good.
>
> --
> Robert Haas
> EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>



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KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@kaigai.gr.jp>

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