Re: Big 7.1 open items

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us]
> >
> > The fact is that symlink information is already stored in the file
> > system. If we store symlink information in the database too, there
> > exists the ability for the two to get out of sync. My point is that I
> > think we can _not_ store symlink information in the database, and query
> > the file system using lstat when required.
> >
>
> Hmm,this seems pretty confusing to me.
> I don't understand the necessity of symlink.
> Directory tree,symlink,hard link ... are OS's standard.
> But I don't think they are fit for dbms management.
>
> PostgreSQL is a database system of cource. So
> couldn't it handle more flexible structure than OS's
> directory tree for itself ?

Yes, but is anyone suggesting a solution that does not work with
symlinks? If not, why not do it that way?

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