> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Tatsuo Ishii <is...@postgresql.org> wrote:
>> Now that we have COPY FREEZE, I'm thinking about adding similar option
>> to creating large objects. In 9.3 the maximum size of large objects
>> are increased. That means, the first access to a large object will
>> trigger more writes because of hint bit updation. Also subsequent
>> VACUUM may trigger that as well. If we could freeze arge objects while
>> creating, it could reduce the writes dramatically as COPY FREEZE
>> already does.
>>
>> Opinions?
> 
> COPY FREEZE only works if the table was created in the same
> transaction.  Otherwise, an error midway through could leave the table
> and index inconsistent.  I think that's a killer for this proposal,
> because obviously when a large object is created, pg_largeobject will
> be pre-existing.

Argh. You are right.
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Tatsuo Ishii
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