The file is the oid of the pg_class row for the relation.
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bon@kernel.net.uy wrote:
>
> Thank you Bruce.
>
> Really, what I would want to know is how PostgreSQL assigns a physical name
> to files what represent the database objects.
>
> I noticed that if I lose a file of the database, the pg_restore program does
> not recover it, giving an error because the associated table exists on the
> database. On the other hand I can't drop the table because an error occurs:
> the file or directory does not exist.
>
> How I can to solve this problem ?
>
> Regards,
> Fabio Bon
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org]En nombre de Bruce Momjian
> Enviado el: martes 8 de octubre de 2002 23:22
> Para: fbon@adinet.com.uy
> CC: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
> Asunto: Re: [ADMIN] Two questions.
>
>
> bon@kernel.net.uy wrote:
> > Hello !
> >
> > Where I can find information, to know since one is organized the system of
> > files of a PostgreSQL database ? ( files of database objects ).
> >
> > If I have a " disc crash " or lose accidental one or several files, since
> I
> > can realize which lack?
>
> I wrote something up for 7.3:
>
> http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/diskusage.html
>
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