Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@commandprompt.com> writes: > One thing I'm not clear about is the "WAL file" vs "transaction log > file" terminology. We use both in various error messages. Do we want > to consistently use one? It seems to me that we're using the very > verbose "transaction log" phrase just to avoid exposing users to the > "WAL" acronym, but that's probably a lost cause. We also have the issue > of calling those files "files" or "segments". I understand that > internally we don't want to confuse them, but I don't see that the > distinction makes any sense to users.
Yeah, we did talk about that a bit when Heikki was working on the 64-bit-XLogPointer changes. AFAIR, there was general consensus that it'd be better to standardize on one terminology, but little agreement on which wording to use :-(. I'd say review the thread and pick one. He who does the work gets to make the decision. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers