Re: [HACKERS] Re: [GENERAL] drop/rename table and transactions

> Yes, that is true. As long as the storage manager relies on
> the filesystem for
> table names, this will be a problem, unless filesystem
> deletions are delayed
> until COMMIT, and filesystem creates are undone at a ROLLBACK.

I like Bruce's idea of altering the filename from tablename_segnr
to tablename_OID_segnr.
Then a leftover new or old file will not be a problem, since it has a
guaranteed different name.
The cleanup of leftover old (or rolled back new files) could then be
a job that vacuum does.

Vadim needs _oid_ in the filenames for WAL anyway.

This solves create and drop table.

The alter table should imho keep an exclusive lock on the
pg_class row for that table + exclusive on the usertable
until transaction commit.
(Thus fails if table access is not exclusive)

Andreas