Re: ALTER DATABASE RENAME with HS/SR - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 10/4/10 10:24 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
> I understand that we need to disconnect users if the database is
> dropped (it's kind of hard to access a database that's not there any
> more...) but I'm fuzzy on why we'd need to do that if it is merely
> renamed.

This seems like an unexpected benefit, and the behavior which users
would desire if they could choose it.  Why would we break what's not broken?

+1 to keep ALTER DATABASE functionality the way it is, and merely fix
the docs.

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