Re: Shared dependency patch

Hackers,

Here is a newer version of the shared dependency patch. I keep the
previous description below. Changes from the previous version are:

- Removed several bogus elog(NOTICE)
- Groups are checked at deletion for dependencies
- I noticed a couple of tests (cluster and privileges) were leaving
orphaned objects, so with this patch they would leave users behind.
(consequently, future runs of the tests would fail).
- Added simple regression testing.

New files are

src/backend/catalog/pg_shdepend.c
src/include/catalog/pg_shdepend.h
src/test/regress/sql/dependency.sql
src/test/regress/expected/dependency.sql

Comments are welcome.

On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:04:53PM -0300, I wrote:

> Patchers,
>
> Here is the latest installation of my shared dependency patch.
> As some of you may remember, the purpose of this patch is to record
> dependencies on shared objects, such as users, groups and tablespaces,
> from regular database objects. This is done on a new shared system
> catalog called pg_shdepend, so that when a backend wants to drop any
> shared object, it can easily verify whether it is referenced in other
> database.
>
> I have upgraded the patch to include references present in ACLs, and to
> lock the objects appropiately before checking. To do this I had to
> change the LOCKTAG struct somewhat, using a previous patch by Rod Taylor
> (thanks Rod!); and add a LockSharedObject() function.

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