Re: [HACKERS] DROP TABLE inside a transaction block

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] DROP TABLE inside a transaction block
Date: 2000-03-08 08:41:17
Message-ID: 24574.952504877@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> Bruce seems to be willing to accept a window of failure for RENAME
>> TABLE in order to make database admin easier. That is very possibly
>> the right tradeoff --- but it is *not* an open-and-shut decision.
>> We need to talk about it.

> How about creating a hard link during RENAME, and you can just remove
> the old link on commit or remove the new link on transaction rollback?

Still non-atomic as far as I can see...

regards, tom lane

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