On 10/26/10 17:41, Merlin Moncure wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Leonardo Francalanci <m_lists@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> temp tables are not wal logged or >>> synced. Periodically they can be flushed to a permanent table. >> >> >> What do you mean with "Periodically they can be flushed to >> a permanent table"? Just doing >> >> insert into tabb select * from temptable >> > > yup, that's exactly what I mean -- this will give you more uniform In effect, when so much data is in temporary storage, a better option would be to simply configure "synchronous_commit = off" (better in the sense that the application would not need to be changed). The effects are almost the same - in both cases transactions might be lost but the database will survive. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
