Re: create tablespace fails silently, or succeeds improperly

Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> * Robert Haas (robertmhaas@gmail.com) wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> Anybody have a problem with adopting this behavior?

>> Seems a bit surprising.

> Yeahh..  I'm not really sure about mkdir -p type actions from a SQL
> command.  Not entirely sure why but it doesn't feel 'right' to me.  I'd
> rather have PG complain "that directory doesn't exist".

OK.  Is there any value in doing mkdir -p in WAL-recovery execution of
CREATE TABLESPACE but not regular execution?
        regards, tom lane