Re: Using ALTER TABLESPACE in pg_dump

At 08:00 AM 26/10/2004, Tom Lane wrote:
>I don't want a GUC variable that actively changes the default
>tablespace; at least not unless you want to abandon the current
>mechanisms for default tablespace choices entirely, and go over to
>making the GUC variable be the sole arbiter.

Something consistent with Schemas does sound good to me; a tablespace
search path (or just single default), and support for a TABLESPACE clause
on table and INDEX definitions would be good.

For the three largest databases I work on, the namespace/schema that a
table resides in is irrelevant to the tablespace that it should be stored
in. So default tablespaces on the schema are a bit of a pointless feature.
The ability to have the features of schemas: default tablespace for given
users, a GUC variable, and ACLs on tablespaces would be far more valuable.

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