Re: Big 7.1 open items

> But seriously, let me give some background.  I used Ingres, that used
> the VMS file system, but used strange sequential AAAF324 numbers for
> tables.  When someone deleted a table, or we were looking at what 
> tables were using disk space, it was impossible to find the Ingres 
> table names that went with the file.  There was a system table that 
> showed it, but it was poorly documented, and if you deleted the table, 
> there was no way to look on the tape to find out which file to 
> restore.

I had the same experience, but let's put the blame where it belongs: it
wasn't the filename's fault, it was poor design and support from the
Ingres company.
                 - Thomas