Re: reproducable command sequence to get "mdopen: Couldn't open..." - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: reproducable command sequence to get "mdopen: Couldn't open..."
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Msg-id 6523.971661310@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: reproducable command sequence to get "mdopen: Couldn't open..."  (Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>)
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Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au> writes:
> Er...it was a joke.

My mistake, missed the smiley :-(

>> Personally, I'd vote for disallowing ALTER RENAME inside transaction
>> blocks until we can do it safely.

> I agree totally.

Well, does anyone want to re-open the issue?  ALTER TABLE RENAME and
DROP TABLE both have this problem, and both would have to be disallowed
inside xact blocks to close up the hole.  That might be too much
functionality lost...

            regards, tom lane

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