> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> >> BTW, we are not *that* far from being able to roll back a DROP TABLE.
> >> The only thing that's really needed is for everyone to take a deep
> >> breath and let go of the notion that table files ought to be named
> >> after the tables. If we named table files after the OIDs of their
> >> tables, then rollback-able DROP or RENAME TABLE would be pretty
> >> straightforward. If you don't recall why this is, consult the
> >> pghackers archives...
>
> > The oid will be appended to the base file name.
>
> If we do it that way, then RENAME TABLE will be kinda complicated...
> not impossible, but is it worth it?
100% worth it. Ingres doesn't use table names in the file name, and
administration is a mess.
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