Re: [PATCH] Store Extension Options

<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br />On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 12:05 AM, Robert Haas <<a
href="mailto:robertmhaas@gmail.com">robertmhaas@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br />><br />> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at
1:52PM, Fabrízio de Royes Mello<br /> > <<a href="mailto:fabriziomello@gmail.com">fabriziomello@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br/>> > The main goal of this patch is enable to an user the capability to store<br />> > options<br
/>>> (relations and attributes) related to extensions by using a fixed prefix<br /> > > called 'ext' in<br
/>>> the defined name. It's cant be useful for replication solutions.<br />> ><br />> > So, with this
patchwe can do that:<br />> ><br />> > ALTER TABLE foo<br /> > >    SET
(ext.somext.do_replicate=true);<br/>> ><br />> > When 'ext' is the fixed prefix, 'somext' is the extension
name,<br/>> > 'do_replicate' is the<br />> > extension option and 'true' is the value.<br /> ><br />>
Thisdoesn't seem like a particular good choice of syntax; <br /><br /></div><div class="gmail_extra">What's your syntax
suggestion?<br/></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br /><br />> and I also have my doubts about the usefulness of the
feature.<br/> ><br /><br /></div><div class="gmail_extra">This feature can be used for replication solutions, but
alsocan be used for any extension that need do some specific configuration about tables, attributes and/or indexes.<br
/></div><divclass="gmail_extra"><br /></div><div class="gmail_extra">Regards,<br /><br /></div><div
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