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Re: Why copy_relation_data only use wal whenWALarchivingis enabled - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Why copy_relation_data only use wal whenWALarchivingis enabled
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Msg-id 22479.1192715543@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Why copy_relation_data only use wal whenWALarchivingis enabled  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com>)
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> The best I can think of is to rename the obsolete file to
> <relfilenode>.stale, when it's scheduled for deletion at next
> checkpoint, and check for .stale-suffixed files in GetNewRelFileNode,
> and delete them immediately in DropTableSpace.

This is getting too Rube Goldbergian for my tastes.  What if we just
make DROP TABLESPACE force a checkpoint before proceeding?
        regards, tom lane

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