Re: Win32 Powerfail testing

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tatsuo Ishii [mailto:t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp]
> Sent: 07 March 2003 01:33
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Win32 Powerfail testing
>
>
> > > As I said in the previlus mails, open()+_commit() does the
> > > right job with the transaction log files. So probably I think
> > > I should stick with open()+_commit() approach for ordinary
> > > table/index files too.
> >
> > Oh, I didn't see that message. So it's either:
> >
> > open() + _commit()
>
> Sorry, I did not mention it explicitly. I meant we use the
> same implementation as Jan's work. He uses open()+_commit(),
> I believe.

Ah, but Jan/Katie's code *did not* survive the powerfails. Is there a
relatively easy way we can test open()/_commit against
CreateFile()/FlushFileBuffers() with the FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH flag as
suggested by Magnus (and indirectly by Merlin I guess)?

Regards, Dave.