On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 3:16 AM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin > <atsaloli.t...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'd like to add the following to my proposed documentation tidbit, please: >>
> > I think this might be a good thing to mention somewhere, but can you > make a more specific proposal about where you think it should be put, > maybe in the form of a patch? Thank you very much, Robert. I propose it be appended to the 8.4 comprehensive manual, Chapter 53.2 TOAST. (And the 9 manual, if it's true for 9. I haven't touched 9 yet but I'm assuming this hasn't changed?) Here is the patch for 9.0.2 DocBook SGML: *** storage.sgml.orig 2011-01-08 10:38:23.000000000 -0500 --- storage.sgml 2011-01-08 10:48:53.000000000 -0500 *************** *** 404,409 **** --- 404,421 ---- comparison table, in which all the HTML pages were cut down to 7 kB to fit. </para> + <para> + To find the parent table given a <acronym>TOAST<acronym> table which has a + name like pg_toast_12513885, run: + </para> + + <para> + <programlisting> + select oid::regclass from pg_class where + reltoastrelid='pg_toast_12513885'::regclass; + </programlisting> + </para> + </sect1> <sect1 id="storage-fsm"> And here is the patch for the 8.4.6 documentation: *** storage.sgml.orig 2011-01-08 10:56:04.000000000 -0500 --- storage.sgml 2011-01-08 10:56:06.000000000 -0500 *************** *** 374,379 **** --- 374,393 ---- comparison table, in which all the HTML pages were cut down to 7 kB to fit. </para> + + <para> + To find the parent table given a <acronym>TOAST<acronym> table which has a + name like pg_toast_12513885, run: + </para> + + <para> + <programlisting> + select oid::regclass from pg_class where + reltoastrelid='pg_toast_12513885'::regclass; + </programlisting> + </para> + + </sect1> <sect1 id="storage-fsm"> Yours truly, Aleksey -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
