Re: Worries about delayed-commit semantics

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Worries about delayed-commit semantics
Date: 2007-06-22 15:01:02
Message-ID: 22334.1182524462@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>>> Hm, another possibility: "synchronous_commit = off"

>>>> Ooo, I like that. Any other takers?

>>> Yea, I like that too but I am now realizing that we are not really
>>> deferring or delaying the "COMMIT" command but rather the recovery of
>>> the commit. GUC as full_commit_recovery?
>>
>> recovery is a bad word I think. It is related too closely to failure.

> commit_stability? reliable_commit?

What's wrong with synchronous_commit? It's accurate and simple.

regards, tom lane

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