Re: Utility database (Was: RE: Autovacuum in the backend)

From: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
To: Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Utility database (Was: RE: Autovacuum in the backend)
Date: 2005-06-17 15:32:47
Message-ID: 42B2ED1F.4010204@pse-consulting.de
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Magnus Hagander wrote:

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>>I dislike the name pg_system because it implies that that DB
>>is somehow special from the point of view of the system ...
>>which is exactly what it would *not* be.
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> That I can certainly agree with.

I suggested the name to indicate that it's a db used by system tools. So
from a normal db user's point of view, it says "don't fool with this db,
you might break some tools you're using.

Regards,
Andreas

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