Re: Updated ALTER TABLE ... SET TABLESPACE patch

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Updated ALTER TABLE ... SET TABLESPACE patch
Date: 2004-07-12 01:32:57
Message-ID: 200407120132.i6C1Wv915587@candle.pha.pa.us
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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Why do we allow them to be created in tablespaces in the first place
> then? Seems like a bit of a misfeature? I mean we don't allow views in
> tablespaces...

True, that does seem unusual.

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