Re: pg_extension_config_dump() function and sequences

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Philippe BEAUDOIN <phb(dot)emaj(at)free(dot)fr>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_extension_config_dump() function and sequences
Date: 2016-04-18 03:17:19
Message-ID: 571451BF.9070606@gmx.net
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On 01/19/2016 03:14 PM, Philippe BEAUDOIN wrote:
> Le 18/01/2016 07:10, Michael Paquier a écrit :
>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 5:29 AM, Philippe BEAUDOIN <phb(dot)emaj(at)free(dot)fr>
>> wrote:

>>> The pg_extension_config_dump() function can also register sequences,
>>> so that
>>> the current properties of the registered sequences are saved by
>>> pg_dump and
>>> later restored. The function can support sequences either explicitely
>>> created with an ALTER SEQUENCE statement or implicitely created when
>>> a table
>>> contains SERIAL or BIGSERIAL columns. Note that the sequences
>>> associated to
>>> SERIAL or BIGSERIAL columns of a configuration table need to be
>>> registered
>>> using the pg_extension_config_dump() function if one wants to restore
>>> the
>>> properties they had at pg_dump time.
>> Instead of a single paragraph, perhaps we could make things more
>> generic like in the attached?
> It looks much better, indeed.

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