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Subject: Re: Add mention to related system catalog functions on Tablespaces documentation pages.
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:21:32 -0400
Message-ID: <Zw2nfPG4ikW-MFDf@momjian.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Zw2mJoNMpyS-aNkl@momjian.us>
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<Zw2mJoNMpyS-aNkl@momjian.us>
On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 07:15:50PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 11:26:50PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> >
> > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/manage-ag-tablespaces.html
> > Description:
> >
> > The tablespaces documentation page seems to be missing a mention to the
> > following functions:
> > pg_tablespace_databases
> > pg_tablespace_location
> >
> > These are documented in
> > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-info.html#FUNCTIONS-INFO-CATALOG,
> > but I think it would be nice to add at least a brief mention (or link) to
> > them in the main tablespace docs. The following query is especially helpful
> > when troubleshooting issues with tablespaces:
> >
> > postgres=# SELECT *, pg_tablespace_location(oid) FROM pg_tablespace;
> >
> > It would be beneficial, in my opinion, to use it as an additional example to
> > the one that is currently shown.
>
> Yes, very good points. I have developed the attached patch which I
> think achieves the goals you mentioned. I plan to apply the patch for
> master/PG 18.
>
> I also removed the unnecessary mention of PG 9.1.
>
> Seems the reply email address is g***@gmail.com, which seems like some
> kind of mistake.
Sorry, patch attached. Invalid email address removed.
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[text/x-diff] tablespace.diff (1.5K, ../Zw2nfPG4ikW-MFDf@momjian.us/2-tablespace.diff)
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/manage-ag.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/manage-ag.sgml
index a8a70a1fc42..fe4cb4410cd 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/manage-ag.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/manage-ag.sgml
@@ -530,9 +530,11 @@ CREATE TABLE foo(i int);
<link linkend="catalog-pg-tablespace"><structname>pg_tablespace</structname>
</link> system catalog, for example
<synopsis>
-SELECT spcname FROM pg_tablespace;
+SELECT spcname, spcowner::regrole, pg_tablespace_location(oid) FROM pg_tablespace;
</synopsis>
- The <xref linkend="app-psql"/> program's <literal>\db</literal> meta-command
+ It is possible to find which databases use which tablespaces;
+ see <xref linkend="functions-info-catalog-table"/>. The <xref
+ linkend="app-psql"/> program's <literal>\db</literal> meta-command
is also useful for listing the existing tablespaces.
</para>
@@ -541,10 +543,7 @@ SELECT spcname FROM pg_tablespace;
point to each of the non-built-in tablespaces defined in the cluster.
Although not recommended, it is possible to adjust the tablespace
layout by hand by redefining these links. Under no circumstances perform
- this operation while the server is running. Note that in PostgreSQL 9.1
- and earlier you will also need to update the <structname>pg_tablespace</structname>
- catalog with the new locations. (If you do not, <literal>pg_dump</literal> will
- continue to output the old tablespace locations.)
+ this operation while the server is running.
</para>
</sect1>
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