Re: Re: Proposal: Store "timestamptz" of database creation on "pg_database"

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)gmail(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: Proposal: Store "timestamptz" of database creation on "pg_database"
Date: 2013-01-08 13:47:27
Message-ID: CA+TgmobRNXtSPMp2kdgeuacT8NS22mH4eh9_AJ2a0zEeAo_S5Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> On 1/3/13 3:26 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
>> It's true, as we've often
>> said here, that leveraging the OS facilities means that we get the
>> benefit of improving OS facilities "for free" - but it also means that
>> we never exceed what the OS facilities are able to provide.
>
> And that should be the deciding factor, shouldn't it? Clearly, the OS
> timestamps do not satisfy the requirements of tracking database object
> creation times.

Yes, I think so.

But I am not entirely sold on tracking the creation time of every SQL
object. It might be all right, but what about catalog bloat?

I am on board for databases, and for tables, at any rate.

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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