On Monday 11 April 2005 10:13, Christopher Browne wrote:
> Darcy Buskermolen wrote:
> >>Another thing I noticed today is the slonik function "UPDATE FUNCTIONS".
> >>If you are running PostgreSQL 8.x.x then it doesn't work. There are
> >>no separate 8.0 slony1_funcs scripts yet etc etc.
> >
> >These need to be added to allow for proper handling of slon_quote_ident.
> >
> >We use our version on < 8.0.2 . for 8.0.2 + we just have a wrapper of
> > return pg_catalog.quote_ident($1); (have a look at slonik/db_utils.[ch]
> > for proper handling)
>
> Who's "on the hook" for this one?  I'm fine with holding off a day or so
> if we need to; that gives me time to prepare release notes and maybe
> even an extra test or two.
That would be x-fade.

>
> But the item of getting the < 8.0.2 integration in place needs to be a
> high priority somewhere, as it's "burning past" the freeze date...
>
> I presume this means doing the following:
>
> 1.  Adding a script slony1_funcs_v802.sql with the thin wrapper on
> pg_catalog.quote_indent
>
> 2.  Adding the "legacy" function that is the alternative to #1 to
> slony1_funcs_v74.sql and slony1_funcs.v73.sql
>
> 3.  Adding to the src/slonik/slonik.c logic to load
> slony1_funcs_v802.sql if version >= 8.0.2

I belive all this work is better than 90% done, it's just the loose ends that 
are left.


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