Sam Carleton <scarleton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > One of the cases I need to be concerned with is the case where the > application is shut down, the user goes in and deletes the tablespace folder > by way of deleting the parent folder. How will PostgreSQL handle such a > situation? It won't like it. If your users are likely to do such a thing, Postgres is not the database for you. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general