Re: pg_attribute file in PostgreSQL 9.0 - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_attribute file in PostgreSQL 9.0
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Msg-id 7061.1331132472@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pg_attribute file in PostgreSQL 9.0  (Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com>)
Responses Re: pg_attribute file in PostgreSQL 9.0
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Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com> writes:
> On 03/07/2012 05:14 AM, Lukasz Brodziak wrote:
>> I have a question regarding pg_attribute. In which file it is stored
>> because the relfilenode for it shows 0 and file 1249 isn't present in
>> the folder.

> select pg_relation_filepath('pg_attribute');

>  From the docs, relfilenode is:
> "Name of the on-disk file of this relation; zero means this is a
> "mapped" relation whose disk file name is determined by low-level state"

> However the meaning "mapped relation" and "low-level state" are
> difficult to divine from the docs. Go with the function.

Or use pg_relation_filenode() if you want the result of the mapping.

            regards, tom lane

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