Re: pg_dump --split patch

On 28.12.2010 22:44, Joel Jacobson wrote:
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 28 dec 2010, at 21:45, Gurjeet Singh <singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com
> <mailto:singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
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>> The problem I see with suffixing a sequence id to the objects with
>> name collision is that one day the dump may name myfunc(int) as
>> myfunc.sql and after an overloaded version is created, say
>> myfunc(char, int), then the same myfunc(int) may be dumped in
>> myfunc-2.sql, which again is non-deterministic.
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> I agree, good point!
> Perhaps abbreviations are to prefer, e.g., myfunc_i, myfunc_i_c, etc
> to reduce the need of truncating filenames.
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>> Also, it is a project policy that we do not introduce new features in
>> back branches, so spending time on an 8.4.6 patch may not be the best
>> use of your time.
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> My company is using 8.4 and needs this feature, so I'll have to patch
> it anyway :)
Start the easy way, by writing a (python|perl) filter for pg_dump -s output

Once this is done, convert it into a patch for pg_dump

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