Re: Extension Templates S03E11

Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> When it comes to dump/reload, I'd much rather see a mechanism which uses
> our deep understanding of the extension's objects (as database objects)
> to implement the dump/reload than a text blob which is carried forward
> from major version to major version and may even fail to run.

Note that we're already doing that in the binary_upgrade code path.
I agree that generalizing that approach sounds like a better idea
than keeping a text blob around.
        regards, tom lane