Don't do that!!!! This absolutely cannot be done in any sane way. Instead, consider locating the database itself on one server, and then having multiple other servers running the client application.
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Bhartendu Maheshwari wrote: > Dear All, > > I am working in Linux 8.0 and running postgresql 7.2. I am trying to > access same data files from the two postgres daemons. I mean there are > two PC's running with postgres and one NAS server where data files are > kept. To run postgres on the machines I first mount the NAS file system > and then run it like > > shell>postmaster -D $(PATH_TO_DATA_FILE) > > Daemons are running well but there is problems with synchronization of > the data files i.e when i insert some tuples in the tables its not > immediately writing then to file its kept in the cache only and when I > try to see from the other machine its displaying the old tuples. > > I want after every transaction or query the database update the data > files, how can I do this? And always read from the data files for select > operations. My main aim is no cache operation to use the postgres as > file system(for every operation file operations only), I know it will > degrade the database performance but its the requirement OR if there is > any other way by which I can achieve this, please tell me. > > regards > bhartendu > > > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your > joining column's datatypes do not match > -- Sam Barnett-Cormack Software Developer | Student of Physics & Maths UK Mirror Service (http://www.mirror.ac.uk) | Lancaster University ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
