Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Update autovacuum to use reloptions instead of a system catalog,

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: ITAGAKI Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Update autovacuum to use reloptions instead of a system catalog,
Date: 2009-02-10 13:56:55
Message-ID: 20090210135655.GB3708@alvh.no-ip.org
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ITAGAKI Takahiro wrote:

> I tested this changes and found two issues:
>
> 1. fillfactor.* options are silently ignored when the table doesn't have
> toast relation. Should we notice the behabior to users?
> ex. NOTICE: toast storage parameters are ignored
> because the table doesn't have toast relations.

You mean "toast.* options"? If so, yes, they are silently ignored.
Maybe issuing a warning is not a bad idea. Care to propose a patch?

> 2. psql's \d+ doesn't show toast storage parameters.
>
> Neither \d+ for base tables nor toast relations show toast.* parameters
> though there are some values in pg_class.reloptions.

Yeah, this is a bug in psql. I neglected to update \d+ when I committed
the namespace patch. I'll investigate.

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