On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 14:00 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> > However that isn't the exact same thing as a "cache" at least as I was
> > trying to describe it. shared buffers are used to keep track of pages
> > (as well as some other stuff) and their current status. That is not the
> > same as caching a relation.
>
> Um, having a page in shared buffers means exactly that the page is
> cached (a.k.a. it won't have to be read from the lower level next time).
>
Yes but that wasn't my point. Sorry if I wasn't being clear enough.
Joshua D. Drake
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