From: ZongtianHou <zongtianhou@icloud.com>
To: pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
Subject: how to conveniently upgrade with specific catalog change
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 17:55:03 +0800
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Hi, all
I am doing some development based on postgres(8.x.x) and encountered a problem when doing upgrade. Normally, there are two ways for me to do upgrade.
1. when new version without catalog change, I can replace the binary and restart the cluster.
2. when new version with catalog change like add a column or a row to a system table, I can replace the binary and turn allow_system_table_mods to all, do all the changes, then restart.
But, when new version add a new built-in datatype, like json, which will insert a row in pg_type with specific oid, I can not find a simple way to do this. I look up the initdb code, it run the postgres program in bootstrap mode, feed it data from postgres.bki file which support oid specification. Simplify the question, How can I do upgrade conveniently if I just need to insert one row in one system table with specific oid? Can I do it in upgrade mode somehow or I need to run some upgrade program?
Best Regards,
Zongtian Hou
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