Re: Big 7.1 open items

> > I haven't figured out extent locations yet.  One idea is to allow
> > administrators to create symlinks for tables >1 gig, and to not remove
> > the symlinks when a table shrinks.   Only remove the file pointed to by
> > the table, but leave the symlink there so if the table grows again, it
> > can use the symlink.  lstat() would allow this.
> 
> OK, I have an extent idea.  It is:
> 
>     CREATE LOCATION tabloc IN '/var/private/pgsql' EXTENT2
> '/usr/pg'.

Even better:
CREATE LOCATION tabloc IN '/var/private/pgsql'     EXTENT '/usr/pg', '/usr1/pg'

This will create extent/2 and extent/3, and the system can rotate
extents between the primary storage area, and 2 and 3.

Also, CREATE INDEX will need a location specification added.

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