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| Subject: | General Bug Report: alter table tabname rename to newname does not rename extra files |
| Date: | 1999-04-29 14:49:11 |
| Message-ID: | 199904291449.KAA83919@hub.org |
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Your name : Jim Mercer
Your email address : jim(at)reptiles(dot)org
Category : runtime: back-end
Severity : critical
Summary: alter table tabname rename to newname does not rename extra files
System Configuration
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Operating System : FreeBSD 2.x/3.x
PostgreSQL version : 6.4 and 6.4.2
Compiler used : gcc
Hardware:
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Pentium 128M ram
FreeBSD bigbird.nag.ca 3.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE #1: Tue Feb 2 22:50:41 EST 1999 root(at)bigbird(dot)nag(dot)ca:/usr/src/sys/compile/BIGBIRD i386
Versions of other tools:
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Problem Description:
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when a table exceeds 2gb, it appears that postgres will create subfiles for the data.
when you rename a table, the sub files do no get renamed.
see backend/commands/rename.c [renamerel()]
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Test Case:
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create a table in excess of 2gig, which in turn creates subfiles
in data/base/tabname.
rename the table.
the subfiles are not renamed.
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Solution:
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possible solution is to check if the table has subfiles, look for those subfiles and rename them as well.
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