Re: Extension upgrade, patch v0: debug help needed
David Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>
From: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
To: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-01-03T19:51:14Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Jan 3, 2011, at 11:49 AM, Dimitri Fontaine wrote: > "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com> writes: >> I rather doubt that "WRAPPER" will be accepted as a reserved word in the grammar. > > It's already in the grammar, and I didn't change its "level". Okay. >>> dim=# create wrapper extension lo; >>> CREATE EXTENSION >> >> What happened to your UPGRADE from NULL idea? > > You upgrade an installed extension, right? What? >>> The WRAPPER keyword meaning is that we're only creating the catalog >>> entry, forcing version to NULL and not running the extension's script. >>> This keyword looked like the best choice from existing ones in our >>> grammar, please feel free to pick any other phrase here. >> >> I don't see why it's necessary at all. > > Care to offer an alternative or go in any level of details about what > you have in mind and how *exactly* you think it should work? I've not > been offered psychic powers this Christmas, sorry… That's what I understood your original "UPGRADE from NULL" being. Did I misread you? Best, David