Re: ALTER TABLE with Tablespace?

From: Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ALTER TABLE with Tablespace?
Date: 2004-06-19 11:55:11
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.58.0406192153550.15947@linuxworld.com.au
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On Sat, 19 Jun 2004, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:

> It seems ALTER TABLE does not support table space. I think this is
> neccessary because:
>
> 1) if a data disk if full, users need to move table to another table
> spaces.
>
> 2) if performance hits, users could move the table which is likely a
> bottle neck to another table space.
>
> I know that pg_dump+pg_restore will do the trick, but I think
> tablespace can handle this better.

I'm going to try and find some time to do this over the next few days. I
figure it will mostly look like cluster() so shouldn't be too time
consuming. I agree that it would be very useful, particularly for those
upgrading to 7.5 and wanting to make use of tablespaces.

Thanks,

Gavin

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