Robert Haas wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > Update warning about synchronous-commit durability, per suggestion from
> > Robvert Haas.
>
> The revised text is just as silly as the original text. The point is
> that with fsync turned off, the *entire database* is toast after a
> crash. You don't need to give any special warning for
> synchronous_commit above and beyond what applies to the whole section.
> Just delete that part.
I understand now. Doc patch attached and committed.
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+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/perform.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/perform.sgml
index fb55598..0a10457 100644
*** a/doc/src/sgml/perform.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/perform.sgml
*************** SELECT * FROM x, y, a, b, c WHERE someth
*** 1157,1165 ****
<listitem>
<para>
! Turn off <xref linkend="guc-synchronous-commit">; there might be no
need to write the <acronym>WAL</acronym> to disk on every
! commit. This can cause transaction loss after a server crash.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
--- 1157,1165 ----
<listitem>
<para>
! Turn off <xref linkend="guc-synchronous-commit">; there is no
need to write the <acronym>WAL</acronym> to disk on every
! commit.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>