Re: [HACKERS] Large objects names

From: Peter T Mount <peter(at)retep(dot)org(dot)uk>
To: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Large objects names
Date: 1998-08-06 05:59:49
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.3.96.980806065832.793I-100000@maidast.retep.org.uk
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On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Currently, large objects are stored internally as xinv### and xinx###.
>
> I would like to rename this for 6.4 to be _lobject_### to prevent
> namespace collisions, and make them clearer for administrators.
>
> However, this may cause problems for backward compatability for large
> object users. As I see there are going to be other new large object
> things in 6.4, it may not be an issue.
>
> Is is OK to rename them internally?

Shouldn't be a problem. JDBC does refer to the xin prefix with the
getTables method, so it's simply a single change there.

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