| From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] PG_UPGRADE status |
| Date: | 1999-09-09 16:20:28 |
| Message-ID: | 199909091620.MAA21165@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> You know, up until this message I had the mistaken impression that
> pg_upgrade was a C program... Boy was I wrong. And no wonder it's
> hairy. I should have read the source first -- but nooo, I couldn't do
> that. Open mouth, insert foot.
Yes, a quick few hour hack to do a quick upgrade. Worked better than I
thought it would.
> I _am_ contemplating a C version that would do far more than just
> upgrades. I'm thinking of a pg_repair utility that could rebuild and
> repair the on-disk structures. It would also facilitate database
> recovery after a crash -- might be a real bear to do right. Comments?
A bear.
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