Re: [Bizgres-general] WAL bypass for INSERT, UPDATE and

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: kleptog(at)svana(dot)org, simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com, tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us, gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu, pg(at)rbt(dot)ca, zhouqq(at)cs(dot)toronto(dot)edu, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [Bizgres-general] WAL bypass for INSERT, UPDATE and
Date: 2005-12-29 16:05:42
Message-ID: 200512291605.jBTG5gi00396@candle.pha.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Bruce Momjian said:
> > DROP would drop the table on a restart
> > after a non-clean shutdown. It would do _no_ logging on the table and
> > allow concurrent access, plus index access. DELETE is the same as
> > DROP, but it just truncates the table (perhaps TRUNCATE is a better
> > word).
> >
> > EXCLUSIVE would allow only a single session to modify the table, and
> > would do all changes by appending to the table, similar to COPY LOCK.
> > EXCLUSIVE would also not allow indexes because those can not be
> > isolated like appending to the heap. EXCLUSIVE would write all dirty
> > shared buffers for the table and fsync them before committing. SHARE
> > is the functionality we have now, with full logging.
>
>
> I an horribly scared that this will be used as a "performance boost" for
> normal use. I would at least like to see some restrictions that make it
> harder to mis-use. Perhaps restrict to superuser?

Certainly restrict to table owner.

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