Re: FK Constraint sort order with pg_dump - Mailing list pgsql-general

From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: FK Constraint sort order with pg_dump
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In response to Re: FK Constraint sort order with pg_dump  (Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>)
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On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 10:49 AM Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> wrote:
On 7/21/22 10:25, Christian Barthel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The sorting order of FK constraints with the same name is based on the
> OID (because it lands in the “Usually shouldn’t get here” OID comparison
> block at [1]).  Wouldn’t it be better if the order of those constraints
> were based on the table name?
>

Why does it matter?


As the code comment says:

/* To have a stable sort order, break ties for some object types */

This seems like it is simply a missed case.

David J.

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