Re: Control File

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruno Almeida do Lago <teolupus(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Control File
Date: 2006-04-13 04:56:52
Message-ID: 9661.1144904212@sss.pgh.pa.us
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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

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