Re: [BUGS] BUG #7873: pg_restore --clean tries to drop tables that don't exist

Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@gmail.com>

From: Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@gmail.com>

To: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>

Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Date: 2013-07-10T14:54:10Z

Lists: pgsql-bugs, pgsql-hackers

On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am sending a patch that removes strict requirements for DROP IF
> EXISTS statements. This behave is similar to our ALTER IF EXISTS
> behave now.

+1 for this idea. But this patch should be treated as a separate issue
from the use of IF EXISTS in pg_dump/pg_restore, right? If so, I
suggest starting a new thread about this patch to make reviewing
easier.

Josh