Re: Complexity of contrib types

> Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:
> >
> > Doing complex stuff like indexing with contrib stuff is tricky, and one
> > reason we want to move stuff out of there as it becomes popular.  It is
> > just too hard for someone not experienced with the code to implement.
> > Add to this the fact that the oid at the time of contrib installation
> > will change every time you install it, so it is even harder/impossible
> > to automate.
>
> We should develop (or at least prominently promote _and_ document) some
> kind of file/package format or tool (maybe like illustra datablades),
> that would standardize the layout of contrib types.
>
> Also, the need to manually get oids is a real show-stopper.
> A short-time solution would be to develop functions that return these
> oids,
> like get_proc_oid_for(proc_name,arg1_type,arg2_type,...).

Can't they SELECT from pg_proc?

>
> The real solution would of course be extending the (Postgre)SQL language
> to find the OIDs automatically, like Oracle currently does for its
> COMMENT
> statement, an equivalent of which could be used in PostgreSQL to insert
> values in pg_description on the fly.

We return oid's as part of an INSERT.  Is that what you meant?

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