Re: Index build temp files - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephen Frost
Subject Re: Index build temp files
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Msg-id 20130109205305.GQ16126@tamriel.snowman.net
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In response to Re: Index build temp files  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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* Simon Riggs (simon@2ndQuadrant.com) wrote:
> I think we need to allow a TEMP permission on tablespaces, so that you
> aren't allowed to create normal objects but you can create TEMP
> objects and sort files there.

I agree that this would be valuable.  Would we end up needing to burn
another bit off the aclmask though?  That's certainly been a concern in
the past and I don't recall that we ever improved that situation.

> I think SHOW temp_tablespaces should only show the valid tablespaces,
> not all of the ones actually listed in the parameter, otherwise you
> have no clue that the parameter setting is ineffectual for you.

I like this as well.
Thanks,
    Stephen

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