Tom Lane wrote:
> Frank Kurzawa <fkurzawa@topazsoftware.com> writes:
>
>>How are people doing automated comparisons of schemas in different databases?
>
>
>>I've experimented some with 'pg_dump -s' to do this: Do a schema dump
>>on the two databases and a diff. But due to myriad small differences
>>(order of creation of tables, constraints, etc.) it is very difficult
>>to get a usable diff without engaging in massive massage of the dump
>>output, including dumping a table at a time.
>
>
> FWIW, some attention has been paid to this issue recently. I think CVS
> tip pg_dump is more useful for this task than existing releases. Don't
> suppose you'd want to try it out?
Yes, indeed now pg_dump when possible dump the objects in alfabetic order
so shall be easy to perform a diff between the two schemas.
Regards
Gaetano Mendola
