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

On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:50 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>
> Fabrízio de Royes Mello <fabriziomello@gmail.com> writes:
> > You are correct. pg_dump export reloptions using "WITH" clause of CREATE
> > TABLE statement. I.e.:
>
> > CREATE TABLE foo (
> > )
> > WITH (autovacuum_enabled=false, bdr.do_replicate=false);
>
> > So if this statement checks for 'bdr' extension is loaded then in partial
> > restore it can be fail.
>
> I see absolutely *nothing* wrong with failing that command if bdr is not
> installed.  For an analogy, if this table includes a column of type bar
> defined by some extension baz, we are certainly going to fail the
> CREATE TABLE if baz isn't installed.
>

> Now, if bdr is installed but the validation doesn't happen unless bdr
> is "loaded" in some sense, then that is an implementation deficiency
> that I think we can insist be rectified before this feature is accepted.
>

Check if extension is already installed is not enough for the first version of this feature?

Regards,

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