Thread: PGDATA

I just can't understand the use of this PGDATA variable!!!!!

-I am on FC3. (pgl 7.4)
-I am installing rpms and then running /etc/init.d/postgresql start
(which is done by default)
-The resulting "data" directory is in /var/lib/pgsql/data

I now want the "data" directory to be on
/home3/myreallylargepartition/pgsql/data
so:

-I login as postgres
-I change .bash_profile so that PGDATA points at the new directory
-I restart the server by  doing a "/etc/init.d/postgresql restart"

Shouldn't any new tables I create be in the new area?!!!!!

Thanks.

> I just can't understand the use of this PGDATA variable!!!!!
>
> -I am on FC3. (pgl 7.4)
> -I am installing rpms and then running /etc/init.d/postgresql start
> (which is done by default)
> -The resulting "data" directory is in /var/lib/pgsql/data
>
> I now want the "data" directory to be on
> /home3/myreallylargepartition/pgsql/data
> so:
>
> -I login as postgres
> -I change .bash_profile so that PGDATA points at the new directory
> -I restart the server by  doing a "/etc/init.d/postgresql restart"
>
> Shouldn't any new tables I create be in the new area?!!!!!
>

Well not really,  I bet /etc/init.d/postgresql is getting its variables from
/etc/conf.d/postgresql.  you will have to find it there and change it.

Regards,

Richard Broersma Jr.

Well.. you are correct!
After studying the contents of "/etc/init.d/postfresql", I put
"PGDATA=/home3/mylargedisk/data" in "/etc/sysconfig/pgsql/postgresql"
and it now works.

So what the ..... is this PGDATA!!!!!! It must be a trivial concept
cause nobody else is worried about how it works!!  And How do I get
each database to be in a different directory?!!

Thanks.

>
> Well not really,  I bet /etc/init.d/postgresql is getting its variables from
> /etc/conf.d/postgresql.  you will have to find it there and change it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Broersma Jr.
>
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On fös, 2006-11-24 at 16:14 -0800, sasan3@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Well.. you are correct!
> After studying the contents of "/etc/init.d/postfresql", I put
> "PGDATA=/home3/mylargedisk/data" in "/etc/sysconfig/pgsql/postgresql"
> and it now works.
>
> So what the ..... is this PGDATA!!!!!! It must be a trivial concept
> cause nobody else is worried about how it works!!  And How do I get
> each database to be in a different directory?!!

are you looking for:

  CREATE TABLESPACE myts LOCATION '/foo';
  CREATE DATABASE mydb WITH TABLESPACE=myts;

?

gnari