I show this as fixed in CVS.
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Gavin Sherry wrote:
> Attached is a patch resolving the issue raised here:
>
>
http://groups.google.com.au/groups?q=tablespaces+group:comp.databases.postgresql.hackers&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=comp.databases.postgresql.hackers&scoring=d&selm=Pine.LNX.4.58.0407281411470.17889%40linuxworld.com.au&rnum=4
>
> When I was testing this, I noticed the following:
>
> template1=# create tablespace blah location '/home/gavins/pgsql/blah';
> CREATE TABLESPACE
> template1=# create table foo(i int) tablespace blah;
> CREATE TABLE
> template1=# create database bar tablespace blah;
> ERROR: template database "template1" is already using tablespace "blah"
> DETAIL: The default tablespace for a database cannot be in use by the
> template
> database
> template1=# drop table foo;
> DROP TABLE
> template1=# create database bar tablespace blah;
> ERROR: template database "template1" is already using tablespace "blah"
> DETAIL: The default tablespace for a database cannot be in use by the
> template database
>
> This happens because even though we drop the only entry in the tablespace
> we keep the empty database directory around.
>
> Should be test if the directory is empty and if so, not copy it (perhaps
> only if it is in the tablespace which will be the default tablespace of
> the new database?)
>
> Gavin
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