Re: Why is there no object create date is the catalogs?

On 05/12/2015 12:51 PM, Melvin Davidson wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me why there is no "relcreated" column in pg_class to
> track the creation date of an object?

Meant to add to my previous post, back before I 'discovered' version
control I use to put the creation date in the table COMMENT:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/interactive/sql-comment.html

>
> It seems to me it would make sense to have one as it would facilitate
> auditing of when objects are created. In addition, it would also
> facilitate the dropping of objects that have exceeded a certain age.
>
> EG: SELECT 'DELETE TABLE ' || relname || ';'
>        FROM pg_class
>       WHERE relkind = 'r'
>         AND relcreated > current_timestamp - INTERVAL ' 1 year';
>
> Adding that column should be relatively easy and would not break
> backwards compatiblity with previous versions.
> --
> *Melvin Davidson*


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