-- create a tablespace we can use CREATE TABLESPACE testspace LOCATION '@testtablespace@'; -- create a schema we can use CREATE SCHEMA testschema; -- try a table CREATE TABLE testschema.foo (i int) TABLESPACE testspace; SELECT relname, spcname FROM pg_catalog.pg_tablespace t, pg_catalog.pg_class c where c.reltablespace = t.oid AND c.relname = 'foo'; relname | spcname ---------+----------- foo | testspace (1 row) INSERT INTO testschema.foo VALUES(1); INSERT INTO testschema.foo VALUES(2); -- tables from dynamic sources CREATE TABLE testschema.asselect TABLESPACE testspace AS SELECT 1; SELECT relname, spcname FROM pg_catalog.pg_tablespace t, pg_catalog.pg_class c where c.reltablespace = t.oid AND c.relname = 'asselect'; relname | spcname ----------+----------- asselect | testspace (1 row) PREPARE selectsource(int) AS SELECT $1; CREATE TABLE testschema.asexecute TABLESPACE testspace AS EXECUTE selectsource(2); SELECT relname, spcname FROM pg_catalog.pg_tablespace t, pg_catalog.pg_class c where c.reltablespace = t.oid AND c.relname = 'asexecute'; relname | spcname -----------+----------- asexecute | testspace (1 row) -- index CREATE INDEX foo_idx on testschema.foo(i) TABLESPACE testspace; SELECT relname, spcname FROM pg_catalog.pg_tablespace t, pg_catalog.pg_class c where c.reltablespace = t.oid AND c.relname = 'foo_idx'; relname | spcname ---------+----------- foo_idx | testspace (1 row) -- Will fail with bad path CREATE TABLESPACE badspace LOCATION '/no/such/location'; ERROR: could not set permissions on directory "/no/such/location": No such file or directory -- No such tablespace CREATE TABLE bar (i int) TABLESPACE nosuchspace; ERROR: tablespace "nosuchspace" does not exist -- Fail, not empty DROP TABLESPACE testspace; ERROR: tablespace "testspace" is not empty DROP SCHEMA testschema CASCADE; NOTICE: drop cascades to table testschema.asexecute NOTICE: drop cascades to table testschema.asselect NOTICE: drop cascades to table testschema.foo -- Should succeed DROP TABLESPACE testspace;