On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Dimitri Fontaine <dimi...@2ndquadrant.fr> wrote: > "David E. Wheeler" <da...@kineticode.com> writes: >> As Tom pointed out, you can do the same with naming conventions by having >> scripts \i each other as appropriate. > > This is a deprecated idea, though. We're talking about the > pg_execute_from_file() patch that has been applied, but without the > pg_execute_sql_file() function. So that part is internal to the backend > extension code and not available from SQL anymore. > > There's no consensus to publish a bakend \i like function. So there's > no support for this upgrade script organizing you're promoting. Unless > the consensus changes again (but a commit has been done).
My understanding of the consensus is that it wasn't felt necessary for the purpose for which it was proposed. I think it could be re-proposed with a different argument and very possibly accepted. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
