Message-ID: <13682.2917.8204.166192@web0.speakeasy.org>
Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 19:01:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brett McCormick <brett@work.chicken.org>
To: dg@illustra.com (David Gould)
Cc: lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu (Thomas G. Lockhart), hackers@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Lots 'o patches
In-Reply-To: <9805312331.AA27572@hawk.illustra.com>
References: <356EC609.991710C8@alumni.caltech.edu>
	<9805312331.AA27572@hawk.illustra.com>


I don't quite understand "to get the string conversions for the name
data type" (unless it refers to inserting the appropriate info into
the system catalogs), but dump/reload it isn't a problem at all for
me.  It used to really suck, mostly because it was broken, but now it
works great.

On Sun, 31 May 1998, at 16:31:27, David Gould wrote:

> > Oh, requires a dump/reload to get the string conversions for the name
> > data type.
> 
> Ooops. I guess we need to add "make a useful upgrade procedure" to our
> todo list. I am not picking on this patch, it is a problem of long standing
> but as we get into real applications it will become increasingly
> unacceptable.
> 
> -dg
> 
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>