On Thu, 2025-02-13 at 11:04 +1300, Marcelo Fernandes wrote: > > I am not seeing how this can be done without some outage for that table. > > Swapping tables without an outage is possible. Yes, but only if you are willing to write C code that runs inside the database server. That way, you can do anything (and cause arbitrary damage). The big challenge here would be to do the swap in a safe way. How do you intend to guarantee that the foreign keys are valid without a table scan? How do you handle concurrent data modifications? Yours, Laurenz Albe -- *E-Mail Disclaimer* Der Inhalt dieser E-Mail ist ausschliesslich fuer den bezeichneten Adressaten bestimmt. Wenn Sie nicht der vorgesehene Adressat dieser E-Mail oder dessen Vertreter sein sollten, so beachten Sie bitte, dass jede Form der Kenntnisnahme, Veroeffentlichung, Vervielfaeltigung oder Weitergabe des Inhalts dieser E-Mail unzulaessig ist. Wir bitten Sie, sich in diesem Fall mit dem Absender der E-Mail in Verbindung zu setzen. *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER *This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and solely for the use of the person(s) or entity to whom it is intended. If you have received this message in error and are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that any use of this message is prohibited and may be unlawful, and you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person.
