Re: For the ametures. (related to "Are we losing momentum?") - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Sullivan
Subject Re: For the ametures. (related to "Are we losing momentum?")
Date
Msg-id 20030417124452.GE23252@libertyrms.info
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In response to Re: For the ametures. (related to "Are we losing momentum?")  (Ben Clewett <B.Clewett@roadrunner.uk.com>)
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On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 11:44:07AM +0000, Ben Clewett wrote:
> 
> I miss the way with MySQL I could delete a table, or move it, or back it 
> up, manually using 'rm', 'mv' or 'cp'.

Under most circumstances, you can't do that _anyway_, because doing
so will break stuff unless the postmaster is stopped.  I agree that
bing able to put tables and files on their own platters would be a
Good Thing, but in order to make it really safe, it needs to be
managed by the postmaster.  Making this difficult is sort of a
defence mechanism, therefore: if you make it too easy, people will be
shooting themselves in the foot all the time.

A

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