Re: failed to create directory in postgresql

From: Thomas Kellerer <shammat(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: failed to create directory in postgresql
Date: 2022-10-28 09:33:08
Message-ID: 0dc6af67-2bc7-01be-6532-20875cc5a1ec@gmx.net
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Samed YILDIRIM schrieb am 28.10.2022 um 10:23:
> Can you explain what you try to achieve? You probably try doing some
> practices you know from Oracle experience. Why do you need to create
> a directory on filesystem through PostgreSQL interface?

In Oracle, CREATE DIRECTORY doesn't actually create a directory in the filesystem

It essentially _registers_ an existing filesystem directory with Oracle so
that it can be used e.g. for datapump or external tables.

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