Re: [PATCH] Add pg_get_tablespace_ddl() function to reconstruct CREATE TABLESPACE statement

[Jim Jones]

On 04/11/2025 15:19, Manni Wood wrote:
> I personally see no harm in additionally having an OID-based variant,
> seeing as it looks like a lot of functions do seem to take an OID. If I
> understand correctly, many functions take an OID, and Postgres users are
> supposed to have read the docs (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/
> datatype-oid.html <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype-
> oid.html>) to know to cast names to OIDs. So, in terms of following
> established practice / patterns, an OID-based variant is defensible.

+1

That's the way I see it too. Of course it's always easier to use the
tablespace's name, but there might be cases where you only have the oid
-- in which case you'd need to do a JOIN with pg_tablespace to find the
name. It's just for convenience.

Best, Jim