Re: Updated ALTER TABLE ... SET TABLESPACE patch

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: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Updated ALTER TABLE ... SET TABLESPACE patch
Date: 2004-07-11 23:52:14
Message-ID: 200407112352.i6BNqEn07514@candle.pha.pa.us
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OK, removed.

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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Added to TODO;
> > * Allow moving sequences and toast tables to other tablespaces
> > in case no one does it.
>
> Please remove that; if I thought either one was a good idea, I would
> have allowed it in the committed patch.
>
> Sequences are too small to be worth moving around, and may someday be
> reimplemented in a fashion that doesn't use up a separate disk file for
> each one. If we allow SET TABLESPACE on them we will be limiting our
> future flexibility for no useful gain.
>
> Toast tables are bound to their parent tables because (a) pg_dump isn't
> nearly smart enough to handle moving them, and (b) I've got concerns
> about how you decide whether a person is authorized to move one.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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