Re: location for pg_default tablespace - Mailing list pgsql-general

From AI Rumman
Subject Re: location for pg_default tablespace
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Msg-id 2a7905441001112214r42cdd222vccc986818e79c0f5@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: location for pg_default tablespace  (Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: location for pg_default tablespace  (Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>)
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I used the followings:
 
create tablespace mytabspc location '/var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_tblspc';
 
create database mydb with tablespace=mytabspc;
 
drop database mydb;
 
drop tablespace mytabspc;
ERROR: tablspace 'mytabspc' is not empty
 
Please tell me why?

 
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
AI Rumman wrote:
But actually I want to know that why the value in spclocation is null is pg_tablespace for pg_default.
Moreover, $PGDATA/pg_tblspc has no file.
Could you please tell me why?

PostgreSQL ships with a blank tablespace setting, which it interprets as meaning you want to put the database table files into the default tablespace which is stored in $PGDATA/base

When you create a new tablespace using CREATE TABLESPACE:  http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-createtablespace.html

Then you'll find that pg_tblspc contains a symbolic link to the new directory you've told it to use.  At that point, you can then point all new creation toward that location by setting default_tablespace, or put individual bits of data onto there with the appropriate options to CREATE:  http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/manage-ag-tablespaces.html

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Greg Smith    2ndQuadrant   Baltimore, MD
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support
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