At 01:54 8/03/00 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au> writes:
>> For the ignorant, are you able to explain why naming files
>> '<table_name>_<IOD>' is not acceptable? This seems to satisfy both
>> requirements (and seemed to be the conclusion of the previous discussion).
>
>Well, it's pretty simple: consider what has to happen to make RENAME
>TABLE be rollback-able.
...etc
Sorry for the stupid question. I was confusing the previous discussions
over 'DROP COLUMN' with this one, without actually engaging my brain.
Your response was admirably patient.
FWIW, without a 'storage area' or 'table space' concept, I agree that table
names based on OID's are TWTG.
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