Re: [HACKERS] Re: [PATCHES] pg_dump primary keys

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> What though if a function accesses a table? Which one goes first? Do we
>> have to maintain a network of dependencies in pg_dump? Eventually we'll
>> probably have to, with all the foreign key stuff coming up. Gloomy
>> prospects.

Couldn't we solve this by the simple expedient of dumping all the
objects in the database in OID order?

Expecting pg_dump to parse function bodies to discover what
relations/types are mentioned doesn't look appetizing at all...
        regards, tom lane