Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> writes: > pg_dump sorts its output first by object type, then by object name, and > then processes all that for dependencies. This works well, but for > overloaded functions this still gives a random sort order that can > produce annoying diffs in the dump.
> Would it be acceptable to introduce a secondary sort key field into the > DumpableObject struct that functions would fill with, say, the argument > types (maybe something like "text,int,int" -- need to play with this a > little)? I think you could probably use the existing tag field; no need for a new one. The real problem is that an object-type-specific sort rule is a bit klugy. IIRC there is discussion of this in the archives already ... regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers