AW: [HACKERS] Large objects names

From: Andreas Zeugswetter <andreas(dot)zeugswetter(at)telecom(dot)at>
To: "'Bruce Momjian'" <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "'hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: AW: [HACKERS] Large objects names
Date: 1998-08-06 08:45:41
Message-ID: 01BDC128.03AEEC90@zeugswettera.user.lan.at
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>Currently, large objects are stored internally as xinv### and xinx###.
>
>I would like to rename this for 6.4 to be _lobject_### to prevent
>namespace collisions, and make them clearer for administrators.
>
>However, this may cause problems for backward compatability for large
>object users. As I see there are going to be other new large object
>things in 6.4, it may not be an issue.
>
>Is is OK to rename them internally?

How about giving them their own subdirectory large_object/_lob_###,
then there would be no naming conflict ?
Since all others call them LOB I would use _lob_### instead.

Andreas

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