Jim, do you have an updated patch that you would like applied for 7.3?
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Jim Buttafuoco wrote:
> Vadim,
>
> I guess I am still confused...
>
> In dbcommands.c resolve_alt_dbpath() takes the db oid as a argument.
> This number is used to "find" the directory where the data files live.
> All the patch does is put the indexes into a "db oid"_index directory
> instead of "db oid"
>
>
> This is for tables snprintf(ret, len, "%s/base/%u", prefix, dboid);
> This is for indexes snprintf(ret, len, "%s/base/%u_index", prefix,
> dboid);
>
> And in catalog.c
> tables: sprintf(path, "%s/base/%u/%u", DataDir, rnode.tblNode,
> rnode.relNode);
> indexes: sprintf(path, "%s/base/%u_index/%u", DataDir,
> rnode.tblNode,rnode.relNode);
>
> Can you explain how I would get the tblNode for an existing database
> index files if it doesn't have the same OID as the database entry in
> pg_databases.
>
> Jim
>
>
> > > Just wondering what is the status of this patch. Is seems from
> comments
> > > that people like the idea. I have also looked in the archives for
> other
> > > people looking for this kind of feature and have found alot of
> interest.
> > >
> > > If you think it is a good idea for 7.2, let me know what needs to be
> > > changed and I will work on it this weekend.
> >
> > Just change index' dir naming as was already discussed.
> >
> > Vadim
> >
> >
>
>
>
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