From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | Robert James <srobertjames(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Creating a function if it's not there in Postgres |
Date: | 2007-05-18 18:22:03 |
Message-ID: | 464DEECB.1000003@commandprompt.com |
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Robert James wrote:
> I use a set of DDL scripts to automatically create the database for an app.
>
> I need to create certain functions (from contrib), if they're not there
> already. If they are there, I don't want to DROP or REPLACE them, since
> they may be used in certain indexes and triggers.
>
> Is there a way to only CREATE a function if it is not defined already?
> Is there a simple way to see if the function is defined?
>
> (I don't want to just try creating it and letting it fail, since the DDL
> runs in a transaction).
instead of create use CREATE OR REPLACE
>
> Thank you.
>
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