At 10:00 14/09/00 +0200, Zeugswetter Andreas SB wrote:
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>> > My vote is for a random number, and then someone can write
>> > the tools to display the file info. I'll even volunteer to
>> > work on them...
>
>What was the advantage of random number over oid [+version]
>in the light that there is
> > My vote is for a random number, and then someone can write
> > the tools to display the file info. I'll even volunteer to
> > work on them...
What was the advantage of random number over oid [+version]
in the light that there is an extra field in pg_class for other smgrs ?
We surely want re
> > You have to tell us whether you plan to implement
> > a safe file rename in WAL ? If yes a simple filename
> > without version would be possible and better.
>
> What do you mean?
The previous discussion we had where we concluded, that
an os rename of a file cannot be done without risc.
Bu