Re: [HACKERS] Major Problem, need help! Can't run our

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca>
Cc: Tim Allen <tim(at)proximity(dot)com(dot)au>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Major Problem, need help! Can't run our
Date: 2005-11-15 04:48:07
Message-ID: 6494.1132030087@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca> writes:
> On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 23:02 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> There's something in what you say. We'd have to rename pg_clog as well,
>> since that's even more critical than pg_xlog ...

> Rename them to pg_donttouchthis and pg_youneedthis.

:-)

On a more serious level: Tim's suggestion of "pg_wal" for pg_xlog sounds
fine to me. How about "pg_trans" for pg_clog, by analogy to the
existing pg_subtrans? Nothing else in the standard layout looks like
it's got a name that a newbie would think means discardable data.

regards, tom lane

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