-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jim Fulton wrote: > Log message for revision 91235: > Removed the feature to try to save the index periodically because: > > 1. The saving was performed in (tpc)_finish. It is important that this > method do as little as possible because it cannot fail! > > 2. The algorithm for deciding how often to save was broken. For large > databases, for which saving periodically is desireable, the period > was set so high that the index was effectively never saved. > > It might be nice to save periodically, but doing so is tricky, since > we really don't want to do it during commit. Until we figure out how > to do this right, it is better not to try. > > In the mean time, we save on close and on pack, which is proably often > enough in most cases.
Perhaps we could extend the "zeopack" RPC mechanism with a special value for the pack interval: if passed, the server would just do the index save, and skip the real packing. People could then tune the interval by scripting. Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFI0m78+gerLs4ltQ4RAqjxAJwJXrWyPtY3ze0N0eSxu9Z9j3SxLQCgwXBU 7uxjYZeUlc/uOlmpO39okNs= =ZB86 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ For more information about ZODB, see the ZODB Wiki: http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/ ZODB-Dev mailing list - ZODB-Dev@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zodb-dev
