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   The <code class="literal">open</code> command cannot be used until the tables it uses
   exist and have entries for the table that is to be opened.
   (These minimum tables are <code class="structname">pg_class</code>,
   <code class="structname">pg_attribute</code>, <code class="structname">pg_proc</code>, and
   <code class="structname">pg_type</code>.)   To allow those tables themselves to be filled,
   <code class="literal">create</code> with the <code class="literal">bootstrap</code> option implicitly opens
   the created table for data insertion.
  </p><p>
   Also, the <code class="literal">declare index</code> and <code class="literal">declare toast</code>
   commands cannot be used until the system catalogs they need have been
   created and filled in.
  </p><p>
   Thus, the structure of the <code class="filename">postgres.bki</code> file has to
   be:
   </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p>
      <code class="literal">create bootstrap</code> one of the critical tables
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      <code class="literal">insert</code> data describing at least the critical tables
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      <code class="literal">close</code>
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Repeat for the other critical tables.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      <code class="literal">create</code> (without <code class="literal">bootstrap</code>) a noncritical table
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      <code class="literal">open</code>
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      <code class="literal">insert</code> desired data
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      <code class="literal">close</code>
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Repeat for the other noncritical tables.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Define indexes and toast tables.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      <code class="literal">build indices</code>
     </p></li></ol></div><p>
  </p><p>
   There are doubtless other, undocumented ordering dependencies.
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