Re: COPY with hints, rebirth

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Kevin Grittner
> <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> wrote:
>> Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>> This patch extends that and actually sets the tuple header flag as
>>> HEAP_XMIN_COMMITTED during the load.
>>
>> Fantastic!

> I think we could add that as an option on COPY, since "breaking MVCC"
> in that way is only a bad thing if it happens accidentally without the
> user's permission and knowledge - which they may wish to give in many
> cases, such as reloading a database from a dump.

I've coded up COPY FREEZE to do just that.

This version doesn't require any changes to transaction machinery.

But it is very effective at avoiding 4 out of the 5 writes you mention.

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