Re: Truncate if exists

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2012-10-12T20:26:04Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> Uh, we had an execute() function of sorts in the extensions patch; that
> seems to have been ripped out.  Do we want it back?

Well, it wasn't necessary for that patch, which is why it got ripped
out.  But I don't remember anybody saying it was a bad idea in
general.  Which also doesn't mean that it's a good idea in general.
I'm open to whatever other people think is best.

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