Re: [PATCH] Store Extension Options - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: [PATCH] Store Extension Options
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Msg-id CA+TgmoaYjnxNgy0OcOFh8OL1uGRROe764SBqBJGDEb8wA4fNkQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to [PATCH] Store Extension Options  (Fabrízio de Royes Mello <fabriziomello@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: [PATCH] Store Extension Options  (Fabrízio de Royes Mello <fabriziomello@gmail.com>)
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On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Fabrízio de Royes Mello
<fabriziomello@gmail.com> wrote:
> The main goal of this patch is enable to an user the capability to store
> options
> (relations and attributes) related to extensions by using a fixed prefix
> called 'ext' in
> the defined name. It's cant be useful for replication solutions.
>
> So, with this patch we can do that:
>
> ALTER TABLE foo
>    SET (ext.somext.do_replicate=true);
>
> When 'ext' is the fixed prefix, 'somext' is the extension name,
> 'do_replicate' is the
> extension option and 'true' is the value.

This doesn't seem like a particular good choice of syntax; and I also
have my doubts about the usefulness of the feature.

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company



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