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.
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*Melvin Davidson*

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Adrian Klaver
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