Re: [HACKERS] DROP TABLE inside a transaction block

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Mike Mascari <mascarm(at)mascari(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] DROP TABLE inside a transaction block
Date: 2000-03-08 01:51:34
Message-ID: 200003080151.UAA08198@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >> BTW, we are not *that* far from being able to roll back a DROP TABLE.
> >> The only thing that's really needed is for everyone to take a deep
> >> breath and let go of the notion that table files ought to be named
> >> after the tables. If we named table files after the OIDs of their
> >> tables, then rollback-able DROP or RENAME TABLE would be pretty
> >> straightforward. If you don't recall why this is, consult the
> >> pghackers archives...
>
> > The oid will be appended to the base file name.
>
> If we do it that way, then RENAME TABLE will be kinda complicated...
> not impossible, but is it worth it?

100% worth it. Ingres doesn't use table names in the file name, and
administration is a mess.

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