Re: Add A Glossary

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jürgen Purtz <juergen(at)purtz(dot)de>, Roger Harkavy <rogerharkavy(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Subject: Re: Add A Glossary
Date: 2020-03-24 18:46:39
Message-ID: CA+TgmoYT2NnUueP5_=Z48XwVpyzciBfNxuuvYKUtLh-korZEmg@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 3:58 PM Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com> wrote:
> > + A process that writes dirty pages and <glossterm>WAL
> > + Records</glossterm> to the file system and creates a special
>
> Does the chckpointer actually write WAL ?

Yes.

> An FK doesn't require the values in its table to be unique, right ?

I believe it does require that the values are unique.

> I think there's some confusion. Constraints are not objects, right ?

I think constraints are definitely objects. They have names and you
can, for example, COMMENT on them.

> Do we use shared_buffers for WAL ?

No.

(I have not reviewed the patch; these are just a few comments on your comments.)

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Robert Haas
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The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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