Re: versioned pl/pgsql functions

On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 14:56 -0500, Rhys A.D. Stewart wrote:
> hey all,
>
> I think versioned pl/[pgsql|python|perl|bash|java] functions would be
> a great addition to 9.1. Imagine that instead of CREATE OR REPLACE
> FUNCTION you could do CREATE AND VERSION FUNCTION and then all
> modifications to the function could be versioned so that you could
> revert/rollback to a specific version of the function a la
> git/svn...and then you could do diffs and what not so that you
> wouldn't have to rely on text files which get lost because they were
> on a tiny jump drive.....
>

Hmmm, it seems this could be done relatively simply with the ability to
put triggers on system catalogs. The tablelog contrib function would
allow us to do this.

> Just my $1.70
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Rhys
>
> Peace & Love|Live Long & Prosper
>

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