From 1b736817d0761db12d370ab7a366eb3735eff571 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 16:23:48 +0000 Subject: Add: > > * Allow control over which tables are WAL-logged > > Allow tables to bypass WAL writes and just fsync() dirty pages on > commit. To do this, only a single writer can modify the table, and > writes must happen only on new pages. Readers can continue accessing > the table. Another option is to avoid transaction logging entirely > and truncate or drop the table on crash recovery. These should be > implemented using ALTER TABLE, e.g. ALTER TABLE PERSISTENCE [ DROP | > TRUNCATE | STABLE | DEFAULT ]. [wallog] --- doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/src') diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html index 7715d600470..0cbe43fb1d2 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

PostgreSQL TODO List

Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
-Last updated: Thu Jan 5 10:13:26 EST 2006 +Last updated: Thu Jan 5 11:23:42 EST 2006

The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html. @@ -918,6 +918,15 @@ first. committed transactions but still be consistent. We could perhaps remove the 'fsync' parameter (which results in an an inconsistent database) in favor of this capability. +

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  • Allow control over which tables are WAL-logged +

    Allow tables to bypass WAL writes and just fsync() dirty pages on + commit. To do this, only a single writer can modify the table, and + writes must happen only on new pages. Readers can continue accessing + the table. Another option is to avoid transaction logging entirely + and truncate or drop the table on crash recovery. These should be + implemented using ALTER TABLE, e.g. ALTER TABLE PERSISTENCE [ DROP | + TRUNCATE | STABLE | DEFAULT ]. [wallog]

  • Optimizer / Executor

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