Re: ALTER EXTENSION UPGRADE, v3

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:10 PM, David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com> wrote:
> On Feb 3, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>
>> Well, pg_upgrade is designed to work within a major-version series, eg
>> you could do a 9.1-to-9.1 upgrade if you needed to install a newer
>> version of an extension.  Admittedly, this is swinging a rather larger
>> hammer than "apply an upgrade script" would entail.
>
> Dude. That's a frigging piledriver!

That's putting it mildly.  It's more like sending a rocket into outer
space to tweak the orbit of a comet so that it crashes into your
barbecue grill to light a fire so you can roast marshmallows.

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