Re: [HACKERS] Winner of naming discussions: Synchronous Commit

2007-06-25 Thread Tom Lane
Jim Nasby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm wondering if it would be wise to throw a warning at startup if > either sync_commit or fsync were set to off, ideally so that it would > both appear in the logs as well as in output from pg_ctl. Egad. And no doubt also complain about politically inc

Re: [HACKERS] Winner of naming discussions: Synchronous Commit

2007-06-25 Thread Jim Nasby
On Jun 25, 2007, at 3:30 AM, Dave Page wrote: Simon Riggs wrote: So, although its a knife edge decision, I'd say go with synchronous_commit = off. I agree - I'm not entirely sure why but it just feels more natural than asynchronous_commit = on. Plus the reasons you give seem valid. On the

Re: [HACKERS] Winner of naming discussions: Synchronous Commit

2007-06-25 Thread Zeugswetter Andreas ADI SD
> synchronous_commit > Idea: Greg Stark > Supporters: Simon, Josh, Tom, Bruce, Florian There was one more: asynchronous_commit Idea: Florian G. Pflug Supporters: none But if you are calling the feature that (which imho is good), the guc might as well get that name. Andreas

Re: [HACKERS] Winner of naming discussions: Synchronous Commit

2007-06-25 Thread Dave Page
Simon Riggs wrote: So, although its a knife edge decision, I'd say go with synchronous_commit = off. I agree - I'm not entirely sure why but it just feels more natural than asynchronous_commit = on. Plus the reasons you give seem valid. Regards, Dave ---(end of bro

Re: [HACKERS] Winner of naming discussions: Synchronous Commit

2007-06-25 Thread Simon Riggs
On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 10:01 +0200, Zeugswetter Andreas ADI SD wrote: > > synchronous_commit > > Idea: Greg Stark > > Supporters: Simon, Josh, Tom, Bruce, Florian > > There was one more: > asynchronous_commit > Idea: Florian G. Pflug > Supporters: none > > But if you are calling the feature that (