Re: Database subdirectories in V7.1.x

/contrib/oid2name does the job.


> Back in August there was a posting regarding the names of database
> subdirectories.  Under PostgreSQL 7.0.x the subdirectory names were
> the name of the database.  Made a lot of sense.  Now under V7.1.x
> we're supposed to somehow know that some numbered subdirectory happens
> to be the location of a certain database's files.  Doesn't make /any/
> sense at all.  Why?  I have databases that I want to segregate onto
> their own filesystem so I have to be able to mount that filesystem
> under $PGDATA.  A mount point that has an understandable name would be
> nice.
>
> Is there some way to revert back to the V7.0.x way of naming things?
> Or is there some workaround to allow one to reasonably manage large
> databases under V7.1.x?
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