> On 18 Mar 2026, at 09:06, Heikki Linnakangas <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 18/03/2026 00:01, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:

>>> What if a database is dropped and another one is created with the same 
>>> database OID?
>> Good point.  We have the name of the database so we could compare Oid and 
>> name,
>> and require both to match.  That would still be foiled by a new database 
>> using
>> the same Oid and name though.  Any ideas on what could be done?
> Well, if CREATE DATABASE computed the checksums, that would fix this too. 
> Actually, at least in the default wal_log=true mode, doesn't it already do 
> that? It goes through the buffer cache as usual, I presume the checksums will 
> be computed too.

That's a very good point, if the CREATE DATABASE is issued with wal_log and not
file_copy it will mark the buffers dirty during copying which will calculate
and set the checkpoint.  If file_copy isn't allowed during inprogress-on then
the logic around rescanning databases for new entries could be quite
simplified.

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Daniel Gustafsson



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