X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0EC99DC83F for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 06:05:14 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 67844-07 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 06:05:16 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from noel.decibel.org (noel.decibel.org [67.100.216.10]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFB779DC9DB for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 06:05:12 -0400 (AST) Received: by noel.decibel.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D470556423; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 04:05:14 -0600 (CST) Received: (hashcash-sendmail, from uid 1001); Fri, 24 Mar 2006 04:05:14 -0600 Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 04:05:14 -0600 From: "Jim C. Nasby" To: Kris Jurka Cc: Simon Riggs , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: WAL logging of SELECT ... INTO command Message-ID: <20060324100514.GN90527@pervasive.com> References: <20060321122211.GU15742@pervasive.com> <1142973230.24487.501.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060322124732.GA15742@pervasive.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE-p4 amd64 X-Distributed: Join the Effort! http://www.distributed.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Hashcash: 1:20:060324:books@ejurka.com::/Q2J/8rMlleaNlWb:02nNy X-Hashcash: 1:20:060324:simon@2ndquadrant.com::vRYWfZWV7oCdSUlR:0000000000000000 0000000000000000000000002gVH X-Hashcash: 1:20:060324:pgsql-performance@postgresql.org::q3nlUblwimUIhrhf:00000 0000000000000000000000000g0Y X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.108 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.108] X-Spam-Score: 0.108 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200603/480 X-Sequence-Number: 17917 On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 02:37:28PM -0500, Kris Jurka wrote: > > > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > > >Ok, I saw disk activity on the base directory and assumed it was pg_xlog > >stuff. Turns out that both SELECT INTO and CREATE TABLE AS ignore > >default_tablepsace and create the new tables in the base directory. I'm > >guessing that's a bug... (this is on 8.1.2, btw). > > This has been fixed in CVS HEAD as part of a patch to allow additional > options to CREATE TABLE AS. > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2006-02/msg00211.php I'll argue that the current behavior is still a bug and should be fixed. Would it be difficult to patch 8.1 (and 8.0 if there were tablespaces then...) to honor default_tablespace? -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461