Re: search_path vs extensions

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: search_path vs extensions
Date: 2009-05-28 19:32:30
Message-ID: 4A1EE6CE.1010807@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>
>> It also seems to me that we're getting seriously sidetracked from the
>> dependency-tracking part of this project which seems to me to be a
>> much deeper and more fundamental issue.
>>
>
> I thought that part was a pretty simple problem, actually. Have an
> object representing the module, make sure each component object in the
> module has an AUTO dependency link to that object. Where's the
> difficulty?
>
>
>

Well, yes. Honestly, I think all this search_path stuff is a red
herring. We are once again in danger of over-designing this instead of
doing the simple thing first (namely, don't worry about the search_path).

cheers

andrew

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