Re: database folder name and tables filenames

On 14.02.2017 17:30, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>> Is there a way to change postgres behavior to name database folders by
>> the database name? And table files in them by table's name? And not
>> using OIDs.
>
> No.
>
> Is there a particular problem you are trying to solve?

No, there is not a problem. Its a convenience to visually view databases and tables with theirs name and know what the size they occupy with using
queries of pg_catalog, like there is in mysql.

On 14.02.2017 17:34, Tom Lane wrote:
> It used to work like that, decades ago, and it caused enormous problems
> during table/database renames. We're not going back.

So this is the culprit. Isn't there any option to use names? Even when compiling?

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