Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The problem with ALTER TABLE is that it can be hugely expensive, I think.
As long as you did it before loading any data, it wouldn't be too bad. But certainly a preceding SET would be cheaper than pushing even zero-size files around. I don't have any problem with adding a SET variable at this stage of the game, if everyone agrees it's an appropriate solution. One point here is the handling of index tablespaces. I added TABLESPACE as part of "pg_get_indexdef" output, but we'd need a different solution if we want to go down this path. Maybe it's not a problem given this idea about where pg_dump is going to specify tablespace. But someone needs to take a close look at pg_dump's logic to see if this can work. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])