Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD wrote: > > > First of all, symlinks are a pretty popular "feature." Even Windows > > supports what would be needed. Second of all, PostgreSQL will still > > run on OSes without symlinks, tablespaces won't be available, but > > PostgreSQL will still run. Since we are all using PostgreSQL without > > My idea for platforms that don't support symlinks would be to simply create > a tblspaceoid directory inplace instead of the symlink (maybe throw a warning). > My feeling is, that using the same syntax on such platforms is important, > but actual distribution is not (since they will most likely be small systems).
Nice idea --- so you can create tablespaces, but can't specify a different location for it --- makes sense. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match