On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 3:30 AM Peter Eisentraut <pe...@eisentraut.org> wrote:
> > + The reliability characteristics of a table are governed by its > > + persistence mode. The default mode is described > > + <link linkend="wal-reliability">here</link> > > + There are two alternative modes that can be specified during > > + table creation: > > + <link linkend="sql-createtable-temporary">temporary</link> and > > + <link linkend="sql-createtable-unlogged">unlogged</link>. > > Not sure reliability is the best word here. I mean, a temporary table > isn't any less reliable than any other table. It just does different > things. > > Given the name of the section where this is all discussed I'm having trouble going with a different word. But better framing and phrasing I can do: A table may be opted out of certain storage aspects of reliability, as described [here], by specifying either of the alternate persistence modes: [temporary] or [logged]. The specific trade-offs and implications are detailed below. David J.
