Re: CREATE LIKE INCLUDING COMMENTS and STORAGES

Itagaki Takahiro wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>
>
>> I'm wondering why we are not
>> copying comments on cloned indexes. I realize that might involve a bit
>> more code, but I think I'd feel happier if we cloned all the comments we
>> reasonably could from the outset. Is it really that hard to do?
>>
>
> I found it is not so difficult as I expected; patch attached. Now it copies
> comments on indexes and columns of the indexes on INCLUDING COMMENTS.
> Regression test and documentation are also adjusted. Please review around
> chooseIndexName() and uses of it.
>
> The codes becomes a bit complex and might be ugly because we will have some
> duplicated codes; "pg_expression_%d" hacks and uses of ChooseRelationName()
> are spread into index.c, indexcmds.c and parse_utilcmd.c.
>
>
>

I don't think that's a terrible tragedy - you haven't copied huge swags
of code. Committed with slight adjustments for bitrot etc.

cheers

andrew