Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Create a GUC parametertemp_tablespacesthatallows selection of

On 6/5/07, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
> > > Assuming, that is, that you think this point is important enough to
> > > drive the whole design; which I find rather questionable in view of the
> > > fact that the submitted patch contained no mention whatever of any such
> > > consideration. Or is this just another way in which its documentation
> > > was not up to snuff?
> >
> > Well, it was listed in the TODO, but I guess that was lost somewhere
> > along the line. Oh well.
>
> The TODO description was removed once the item was complete because
> sometimes the description doesn't match the implementation. The
> description was:
>
> It could start with a random tablespace from a supplied list and
> cycle through the list.
>

that is what the patch did but it did it one tablespace per BufFile
(not per file)

of course, it parses the GUC on every GetTempTablespaces() call :(

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