Re: [HACKERS] Tablespaces

From: "Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>
To: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Greg Stark" <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "PostgreSQL Win32 port list" <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Tablespaces
Date: 2004-03-03 11:32:43
Message-ID: 46C15C39FEB2C44BA555E356FBCD6FA40184CFFF@m0114.s-mxs.net
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> > > For tablespaces on OS's that don't support it, I think we will have to
> > > store the path name in the file and read it via the backend. Somehow we
> > > should cache those lookups.
> >
> > My feeling is that we need not support tablespaces on OS's without
> > symlinks.

To create symlinked directories on Win2k NTFS see:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml#junction

I think Win2000 or XP would be a reasonable restriction for Win32 PG
installations that want tablespaces.

Andreas

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