Simon Riggs wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 00:06 +0000, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Log Message:
> > -----------
> > pg_restore -jN does not equate "multiple jobs", so partly revert the
> > previous patch.
> 
> I notice that the release notes talk about "parallel restore", yet the
> word parallel is not used in the docs anywhere. The section on restoring
> a dump makes no mention of this new facility, nor does the perf tips
> section.
> 
> Also says that the option doesn't work with --single-transaction, so we
> should say that you've added in TRUNCATE to make the COPY go faster (or
> haven't you? I know we discussed it). 

Good point.  Documentation patch attached and applied.

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         possibly discarding many hours of processing.  Depending on how
         interrelated the data is, that might seem preferable to manual cleanup,
         or not.  <command>COPY</> commands will run fastest if you use a single
!        transaction and have WAL archiving turned off.
        </para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
--- 1027,1036 ----
         possibly discarding many hours of processing.  Depending on how
         interrelated the data is, that might seem preferable to manual cleanup,
         or not.  <command>COPY</> commands will run fastest if you use a single
!        transaction and have WAL archiving turned off. 
!        <application>pg_restore</> also has a <option>--jobs</> option
!        which allows concurrent data loading and index creation, and has
!        the performance advantages of doing COPY in a single transaction.
        </para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
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