> What I'd like to see it do is grab the dependency data in pg_depend and > do a topological sort using that.
At the end though, we'd need to dump stuff not caught be the topsort, for cases where pg_depend has been messed with. > This leaves some issues still to be > resolved ... like what to do when dumping a pre-7.3 database ... but I > think it's the core of a maintainable solution. Problem is you'd need to sort tables by the youngest column in the table, which is a pain. Because the main problem is this: CREATE TABLE... CREATE TYPE newtype ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN newtype That always breaks... CHris ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]