On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > > This has been debated, and rejected, before. >
I know this discussion... > To mention just one problem, are we going to add nonstandard, > non-backwards-compatible syntax to every single kind of CREATE to allow > pg_dump to preserve the creation dates? Another interesting question is > whether we should likewise track the last ALTER time, or perhaps whether > a sufficiently major ALTER redefinition should update the creation time. > I agree with you because now we have Event Triggers... > I'm inclined to think that anyone who really needs this should be > pointed at event triggers. That feature (if it gets in) will allow > people to track creation/DDL-change times with exactly the behavior > they want. > Exactly, but Event Triggers [1] don't cover "CREATE DATABASE" statement, and for this reason I propose the patch to add a single column "datcreated" on shared catalog "pg_database". [1] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/event-trigger-matrix.html Regards, -- Fabrízio de Royes Mello Consultoria/Coaching PostgreSQL >> Blog sobre TI: http://fabriziomello.blogspot.com >> Perfil Linkedin: http://br.linkedin.com/in/fabriziomello >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/fabriziomello
