Tom, > Isn't this already solved by dumping in dependency order? > > regards, tom lane
Nope. Problem is, the table depends on the function, and the function depends on the table. pg_dump (in 7.4.1, at least) will dump the table first, *with the constraint*, and then the function ... causing table creation to fail. And this isn't come cross-table function either; the constraint that they're implementing is partial uniqueness, which is appropriate for a constraint. I personally think that the simplest way to do this ... and deal with most custom-function-constraint issues ... is to push all constraints containing a user-defined function to the end of the file with the foriegn keys. (this is for the Bricolage project) -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match