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Re: [HACKERS] Use of non-restart-safe storage by temp_tablespaces - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Use of non-restart-safe storage by temp_tablespaces
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Msg-id 055f8637-10e0-3a8e-8e6c-b03bbfe6cd2b@2ndquadrant.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Use of non-restart-safe storage by temp_tablespaces  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On 6/6/17 03:39, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> FWIW I don't think calling these tablespaces "temporary" is the right
> word.  It's not the tablespaces that are temporary.

The SQL standard meaning of temporary is that the content goes away.  It
is only in PostgreSQL that it also means that the object goes away.  I
think it's OK that it can encompass both meanings.

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Peter Eisentraut              http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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