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Re: [HACKERS] DROP TABLE inside a transaction block

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Mike Mascari <mascarm@mascari.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>, pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 2000-03-08T00:17:33Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
> BTW, we are not *that* far from being able to roll back a DROP TABLE.
> The only thing that's really needed is for everyone to take a deep
> breath and let go of the notion that table files ought to be named
> after the tables.  If we named table files after the OIDs of their
> tables, then rollback-able DROP or RENAME TABLE would be pretty
> straightforward.  If you don't recall why this is, consult the
> pghackers archives...

The oid will be appended to the base file name.

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