Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Bruno Almeida do Lago wrote:
>> After that night, I started to ask myself if PostgreSQL should not have a
>> control file to check if expected datafiles are where they should be and
>> JUST warn about missing ones?
> I don't think this happens frequently enough to add code for it.
I think we saw it happen once to Joe Conway's DB. But I see no
particular reason why Postgres needs a feature for this --- you can
stick a test into your database start script if you need it.
regards, tom lane