Re: [SQL] Don't need transaction integrity - can I turn it off

> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >[Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...]
> >> My application requires very fast update/insert- where I am told mySQL
> >> shines. Can I turn off commit/rollback in Postgres so as to dramatically
> >> speed up insert/updates. I understand and accept the cost of dropping som
> >e
> >> insert/updates.
> >
> >Yes, we have no-fsync option. See FAQ.
>
> But that has to do with not forcing a sync to disk after every write.
> I've never heard of an ability to disable transactions; isn't every
> operation outside an explicitly-declared transaction made a single
> separate transaction by default?

Yes, you are right. No way to disable transactions.

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