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From: Regina Obe <[email protected]>
To: 'Tom Lane' <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Ability to reference other extensions by schema in extension scripts
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 23:44:07 -0500
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> "Regina Obe" <[email protected]> writes:
> > My proposal is this.  If you think it's a good enough idea I can work
> > up a patch for this.
> > Extensions currently are allowed to specify a requires in the control
file.
> > I propose to use this information, to allow replacement of phrases
> > @extschema_nameofextension@  as a variable, where nameofextension has
> > to be one of the extensions listed in the requires.
> 
> I have a distinct sense of deja vu here.  I think this idea, or something
> isomorphic to it, was previously discussed with some other syntax details.
> I'm too lazy to go searching the archives right now, but I suggest that
you try to
> find that discussion and see if the discussed syntax seems better or worse
than
> what you mention.
> 
> I think it might've been along the line of @extschema:nameofextension@,
> which seems like it might be superior because colon isn't a valid
identifier
> character so there's less risk of ambiguity.
> 
> 			regards, tom lane
I found the old discussion I recalled having and Stephen had suggested using

@extschema{'postgis'}@

On this thread --
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/[email protected]
.net

Is that the one you remember?

Thanks,
Regina

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