Re: Thanks, naming conventions, and count()

> > Yes, I like that idea, but the problem is that it is hard to update just
> > one table in the file.
> 
> why not have just one ever-growing file that is only appended to and
> that has 
> lines of form 
> 
> OID, type (DB/TABLE/INDEX/...), name, time
> 
> so when you need tha actual info you grep for name and use tha last line
> whose 
> file actually exists. Not too convenient but useful enough when you
> really need it.

Yes, that is one idea, but it is hard to undo a change.  You would have
to write to the file only on a commit.

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