On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 11:24 +0100, Gregory Stark wrote: > "Simon Riggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Asynchronous Commit allows some transactions to commit faster than > > others, offering a trade-off between performance and durability for > > specific transaction types only > > A lot of users will be confused about what asynchronous commit does. I think > it's important to be consistently precise when describing it. > > It doesn't allow commits to be any faster, what it does is "allow clients to > start a new transaction and continue working without waiting for their > previous commit to complete". Saying something like "This allows high volumes > of short transactions such as typical web sites to run more efficiently and > with fewer connections" might also help clarify the use case it helps.
The general shape of the overview was what I was looking at. I agree with your specific comment. -- Simon Riggs 2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
