> > > > So if you do this, do you still need to store that information in > > > > pg_control at all? > > > > Yes: to "speeds up the recovery process". > > If it's going to slow down the performance of my database when not doing > recovery (because I have to write two files for every transaction, > rather than one)
Control file is not updated "for every transaction", only on a few special events like checkpoint. Vadim ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly