Re: Index build temp files

On 9 January 2013 02:42, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
>> Here's what we're seeing:
>
>> postgresql.conf:
>> temp_tablespaces = 'temp_01,temp_02'
>
>> I have temp file logging on in postgresql.conf, so here's what we see:
>
>> LOG:  temporary file: path "base/pgsql_tmp/pgsql_tmp9221.4", size 204521472
>> CONTEXT:  SQL statement "create index table_key_idx on table (key) tablespace data_n04"
>
>> We observe the files being created under $DATA/base/pgsql_tmp/, ignoring
>> the temp tablespaces and not using the tablespace where the index is
>> ultimately created either.
>
> Does the user running CREATE INDEX have CREATE permission on those
> tablespaces?  (A quick way to double check is to try to SET
> temp_tablespaces to that value explicitly.)  The code will silently
> ignore any temp tablespaces you don't have such permission for.

I think we need to allow a TEMP permission on tablespaces, so that you
aren't allowed to create normal objects but you can create TEMP
objects and sort files there.

I think SHOW temp_tablespaces should only show the valid tablespaces,
not all of the ones actually listed in the parameter, otherwise you
have no clue that the parameter setting is ineffectual for you.

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