Re: latest hstore patch

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Are there any pg_migrator affects in this patch?  We had discussed this
> > issue in the past with this patch.
> 
> The code is upward compatible with the old on-disk format, so that
> end of things is fine.
> 
> There's still the issue of how to get the improved module definition
> (new functions etc) into a migrated database.  That's not specific
> to hstore in any way though, it would affect any contrib module that
> had added stuff in a new release.

Most modules just install functions, which are easily
uninstalled/reinstalled.  A data type like hstore is more complicated
assuming it is the data type that is changing and not the support
functions.

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