> > ... should we revel > > in configurability, and allow CREATE TABLE/ALTER TABLE behavior to > > vary depending on the current threshold setting? We'd have to fix the > > toaster routines to not try to push stuff out-of-line when there is no > > out-of-line to push to ... but I think we probably had better do that > > anyway for robustness, if we're allowing any variability at all in > > these numbers. > > Actually, upon looking closely at the toast code, it already > does the right thing when there's no toast table. Good on > someone for getting that right. But we still need to think > about whether it's sane for CREATE/ALTER TABLE to condition > the create-a-toast-table decision on a parameter that may now > be changeable.
I think it is ok to decide during creation with current settings. When a user wants a toast table that has not been created we can direct them to use some dummy "alter table ... set storage ..." and create a toast table if it does not exist (and the new settings opt for one). And a new threshold has immediate consequences for inline compression, so a change is not ignored. Andreas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly