Jim Nasby <jim.na...@bluetreble.com> writes: > On 10/21/16 7:43 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: >>> Agreed. The problem is how to install it without breaking pg_upgrade.
> It can't look up relation names? It can't shove 64 bytes into a page that has < 64 bytes free space. >> Well, that's the first problem. The second problem is how to cope with >> RENAME TABLE. > If the name was only encoded in the first block of the relation I'm not > sure how bad this would be; are there any facilities to change the name > back on a rollback? No. How would that work in crash situations? (And keep in mind that the argument for this hinges entirely on its being 100% trustworthy after a crash.) regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers