Thread: pg_dump doesn't handle CREATE FUNCTIONs well
Rainer Mager (rmager@vgkk.com) reports a bug with a severity of 2 The lower the number the more severe it is. Short Description pg_dump doesn't handle CREATE FUNCTIONs well Long Description We have a table (table_A) that has a constraint on it that uses a custom function (func_B), which references a differenttable (table_C). When we do a pg_dump all of the table and function definitions are created correctly but in thewrong order. The dump has the items in this order: table_C, table_A, func_B The problem is that the creation of table_A requires the existence of func_B. Therefore the dump should have dumped thingsin this order: table_C, func_B, table_A. This is reasonably easy to fix by hand because we only have one such situation and the trail is easy to trace. A more complicatedsituation could be a pain to fix by hand. Sample Code No file was uploaded with this report
pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org writes:
> pg_dump doesn't handle CREATE FUNCTIONs well
Any particular version to mention with that?
AFAIK this is fixed in the current release (7.1.2)
regards, tom lane
I saw the problem in 2 different (but mirrored and therefore identical) 7.1.2 databases. The data was created in the db before 7.1.2 but it has since been upgraded and the dump was via 7.1.2. Was the bug in the dump code or did it have to do with db creation? Thanks, --Rainer > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us] > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 3:27 PM > To: rmager@vgkk.com; pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [BUGS] pg_dump doesn't handle CREATE FUNCTIONs well > > > pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org writes: > > pg_dump doesn't handle CREATE FUNCTIONs well > > Any particular version to mention with that? > > AFAIK this is fixed in the current release (7.1.2) > > regards, tom lane
"Rainer Mager" <rmager@vgkk.com> writes:
> ... the dump was via 7.1.2.
Oh? Then it'd be a still-extant pg_dump bug. May we see a complete,
reproducible example?
regards, tom lane