Re: reloptions and toast tables

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: reloptions and toast tables
Date: 2008-12-21 00:13:55
Message-ID: 23858.1229818435@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Euler Taveira de Oliveira wrote:
>> Yes, please. But i'm afraid it is too 'complicated' to expose
>> 'pg_toast.pg_toast_xxxxx' to user (but we can solve it with good
>> documentation).

> Hmm, now that I look at that again, it seems a very bad idea.

Yeah --- whatever solution you pick should be amenable to letting
pg_dump preserve the settings. Directly referencing the toast
table seems right out on that basis.

regards, tom lane

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