RE: Status of new relation file naming

From: "Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev(at)SECTORBASE(dot)COM>
To: "'Hannu Krosing'" <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>
Cc: "'Bruce Momjian'" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "'hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: RE: Status of new relation file naming
Date: 2000-09-13 17:36:31
Message-ID: 8F4C99C66D04D4118F580090272A7A23018CBE@SECTORBASE1
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> Will this new storage manager replace the current one or will one be
> able to choose which storage manager to use (at compile time, at
> startup, for each table)?

This would be possible, but no way if new smgr will be overwriting one
(smgr nature affects access methods).

> PostgreSQL started as an extensible ORDBMS, but IIRC at some stage
> all other SMs were thrown out.

There was just one additional smgr for stable memory. If someone has
this feature in comp then he could try to resurrect it.

> I don't think it would be a good idea to completely abandon the
> notion of storage manager as a replacable component.

Smgr wrapper is still in place.

Vadim

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