Re: [PATCHES] Dbsize backend integration - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PATCHES] Dbsize backend integration
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Msg-id 4288.1120485222@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] Dbsize backend integration  ("Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>)
Responses Re: [PATCHES] Dbsize backend integration  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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"Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> writes:
> Aside from the fact that's a change to the API that we had settled on,
> it doesn't solve the actual problem of needing a suitable name for a
> function that returns the size of a table /or/ index. pg_relation_size()
> or pg_table_size() can't be used for precisely the reason they were
> rejected for that purpose in the first place.

Rejected by whom?  pg_relation_size is an excellent choice for that.

            regards, tom lane

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