Re: Reduction in WAL for UPDATEs

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Kenneth Marshall <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Reduction in WAL for UPDATEs
Date: 2007-03-28 13:46:30
Message-ID: 23723.1175089590@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Kenneth Marshall <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu> writes:
> We use DSPAM as one of our anti-spam options. Its UPDATE pattern is to
> increment a spam counter or a not-spam counter while keeping the user and
> token information the same. This would benefit from this optimization.

Would it? How wide is the "user and token" information?

regards, tom lane

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