From: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> |
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To: | Melvin Davidson <melvin6925(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Why is there no object create date is the catalogs? |
Date: | 2015-05-12 22:00:54 |
Message-ID: | 55527816.7040006@aklaver.com |
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On 05/12/2015 12:51 PM, Melvin Davidson wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me why there is no "relcreated" column in pg_class to
> track the creation date of an object?
Meant to add to my previous post, back before I 'discovered' version
control I use to put the creation date in the table COMMENT:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/interactive/sql-comment.html
>
> It seems to me it would make sense to have one as it would facilitate
> auditing of when objects are created. In addition, it would also
> facilitate the dropping of objects that have exceeded a certain age.
>
> EG: SELECT 'DELETE TABLE ' || relname || ';'
> FROM pg_class
> WHERE relkind = 'r'
> AND relcreated > current_timestamp - INTERVAL ' 1 year';
>
> Adding that column should be relatively easy and would not break
> backwards compatiblity with previous versions.
> --
> *Melvin Davidson*
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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
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