Re: Add relcreated (timestamp) column to pg_class catalog to record the time an object was created - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Karsten Hilbert
Subject Re: Add relcreated (timestamp) column to pg_class catalog to record the time an object was created
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Msg-id 20160421070157.GC21533@hermes.hilbert.loc
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In response to Re: Add relcreated (timestamp) column to pg_class catalog to record the time an object was created  (Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 03:02:52PM -0700, Adrian Klaver wrote:

> No one is arguing that slapping a new column on pg_class is not easy, just
> that the implications of doing so requires a good deal of thought. The first
> thing that comes to my mind(also in threads on --hackers) is what is the
> creation time?:
>
> The first time an object was ever created?
>
> The time it was created in a new database during a
> dump-restore/pg_upgrade/replication?

... and what about user objects added to a database which is
then used as a template for creating another DB ?

- initial add time ?
- template-reuse time ?

Karsten
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