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| author | Bruce Momjian | 1996-09-29 19:11:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian | 1996-09-29 19:11:20 +0000 |
| commit | e788e8aa039fd29ad6d6cffcae0b1385b9e58a0a (patch) | |
| tree | a268f263acea1dc4299096b42ae748f3c2f83719 | |
| parent | fe3dd242764d88c59a20e77fb8bad69f458db201 (diff) | |
This file was superceeded by README.fsync.
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diff --git a/doc/README.OPENLINK b/doc/README.OPENLINK deleted file mode 100644 index 3a522672166..00000000000 --- a/doc/README.OPENLINK +++ /dev/null @@ -1,28 +0,0 @@ -varchar.diff ------------- -This patch was necessary for the OpenLink Postgres Database Agent. -I think this fixes a bug anyway. - -The following query demonstrates this bug: - - create table foo (bar varchar); - insert into foo values (''); -- no problem - select * from foo where bar = ''; -- fails - - -fsync.diff ----------- -This patch adds an option to disable synchronous writes. -It adds an extra option to postgres: -F - -When started with -F, all fsync() calls will be no-ops, -so you'll be in big trouble when your machine suddenly crashes and your disk -cache is not flushed. - -Use at your own risk (but it is *much* faster with large inserts) - -This also speeds up initdb for initial database bootstrapping - -To start postmaster with this "feature" enabled, type - postmaster -o -F -S - |