pgsql_data/base mapping

Started by Laurette Cisnerosover 23 years ago3 messages
#1Laurette Cisneros
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Are the numbers of the directories in the base diretory and the numbers of
the directories under that, etc. traceable to a reference somewhere in the
postgresql server using that data directory (such as the pg_database table
or such)? If so, is there somewhere this is documented?

Thanks,

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#2Jeff Davis
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In reply to: Laurette Cisneros (#1)
Re: pgsql_data/base mapping

The numbers are the same as the oids found in pg_database (as you expected).

This question is better suited for the -general list, for future reference.

Regards,
Jeff

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On Monday 06 May 2002 04:31 pm, Laurette Cisneros wrote:

Are the numbers of the directories in the base diretory and the numbers of
the directories under that, etc. traceable to a reference somewhere in the
postgresql server using that data directory (such as the pg_database table
or such)? If so, is there somewhere this is documented?

Thanks,

#3Bruce Momjian
pgman@candle.pha.pa.us
In reply to: Laurette Cisneros (#1)
Re: pgsql_data/base mapping

Laurette Cisneros wrote:

Are the numbers of the directories in the base diretory and the numbers of
the directories under that, etc. traceable to a reference somewhere in the
postgresql server using that data directory (such as the pg_database table
or such)? If so, is there somewhere this is documented?

You can use /contrib/oid2name to get the database names and table names
from the oid file numbers.

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