On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 2:30 PM, raghu ram <raghuchennuru@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> The CHECKPOINT command will do this for you. >> >> > > According to PostgreSQL documentation, whenever you execute "CHECKPOINT" in > the database,it will flush the modified data files presented in the Shared > Buffers retuned to the Disk. > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/sql-checkpoint.html > Is this clears the entire shared memory cache and same time,if i execute > fresh SQL statement, Data will be retuned from disk?? No, but then you'd need to flush OS buffers and all disk caches as well to make that effective. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
