Re: Big 7.1 open items
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Don Baccus <dhogaza@pacifier.com>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck@yahoo.com>, Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue@tpf.co.jp>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, "Ross J. Reedstrom" <reedstrm@rice.edu>
Date: 2000-06-19T04:53:49Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> Don Baccus <dhogaza@pacifier.com> writes: > > If they can move them around from within the db, they'll have no need to > > move them around from outside the db. > > I don't quite understand your devotion to using filesystem commands > > outside the database to do database administration. > > Being *able* to use filesystem commands to see/fix what's going on is a > good thing, particularly from a development/debugging standpoint. But > I agree we want to have within-the-system admin commands to do the same > things. Yes, I like to have db commands to do it. I just like to allow things outside too, if possible. It also prevents things from getting out of sync because the database doesn't need to store the symlink location. -- Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026