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> pgsql@mohawksoft.com writes:
>
>> Having internal PostgreSQL variables that are not present on disk, or
>> maybe, variables that are mirrored on disk may be good.
>
> I don't think there's anything wrong with your idea, and there are
> numerous
> good solutions that implement it already. But what makes you think this
> belongs in Postgres?
>
> There are plenty of memory and disk based shared databases that are
> non-transactional and non-relational and meant for storing just this kind
> of
> non-relational data. Some are much faster than postgres for simple
> non-concurrent one-record lookups and updates like this.
>
> Use the right tool for the job. Don't try to make one tool do everything,
> especially something that's anathema to its basic design.
I agree completely with one caveat, when the best tool for the job lacks a
feature what do you do?
>
> --
> greg
>
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