Re: Index build temp files

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Index build temp files
Date: 2013-01-09 21:08:55
Message-ID: CA+U5nMJt=unx7OK8dzN_D_tLaT0QPN9aRr-gbr6QpU=F2MGP9w@mail.gmail.com
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On 9 January 2013 20:53, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> wrote:
> * Simon Riggs (simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com) wrote:
>> I think we need to allow a TEMP permission on tablespaces, so that you
>> aren't allowed to create normal objects but you can create TEMP
>> objects and sort files there.
>
> I agree that this would be valuable. Would we end up needing to burn
> another bit off the aclmask though? That's certainly been a concern in
> the past and I don't recall that we ever improved that situation.

There already is a TEMP permission, it just only applies to databases
at present.

>> I think SHOW temp_tablespaces should only show the valid tablespaces,
>> not all of the ones actually listed in the parameter, otherwise you
>> have no clue that the parameter setting is ineffectual for you.
>
> I like this as well.

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