Re: BUG #7521: Cannot disable WAL log while using pg_dump

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: boy(at)atsc(dot)nl, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #7521: Cannot disable WAL log while using pg_dump
Date: 2012-09-06 20:07:27
Message-ID: CA+TgmobCiaGCuTMS8FvES+tXNuUPhZ5fYUb6PV_z3t1Ekw4qSA@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:57 AM, <boy(at)atsc(dot)nl> wrote:
>>> So it would be nice if there is an option to disable WAL logging while
>>> running pg_dump.
>
>> pg_dump doesn't modify any data, so I don't see how it could be
>> causing WAL logs to get generated.
>
> Doesn't hint-bit setting cause WAL traffic these days?

I sure as heck don't think so.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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