I think simply initialising the system causes writes in the system tables and the WAL...
I'm sure someone more knowledgeable can chime in. Alex. Turner netEconomist On 5/11/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why? Any specific reason that you are aware of ? > Are there any writes done to the database when read only SQL statements are > issued? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Douglas McNaught [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 2:51 PM > To: Goshen, Galit > Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Storing database in WORM devices > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I would like to store the complete database into a WORM device (Write Once > > Read Many). I would like to access this database directly from the WORM > > device and perform read only SQL statements against this device. > > > > Does anyone have such installation, or can determine if this is possible? > > AFAIK Postgres will not currently run on a read-only filesystem. > > -Doug > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your > joining column's datatypes do not match > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
