Re: [PATCHES] SRA Win32 sync() code

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Win32 port list <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] SRA Win32 sync() code
Date: 2003-11-16 16:32:59
Message-ID: 28203.1069000379@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Not sure how we are going to do this in Win32, but somehow we will have
> to record all open files between checkpoints in an area that the
> checkpoint process can read during a checkpoint.

One reason I like the idea of adopting a sync-when-you-write policy is
that it eliminates the need for anything as messy as that.

regards, tom lane

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