On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 21:51 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > I believe Peter's question was rhetorical: what he meant to point out > > is that the documentation needs to explain what is the reason for > > having this switch, ie, in what cases would you use it or not use it? > > Just saying what it does isn't really adequate docs. > > I once considered implementing this myself but found it infeasible for > some reason I don't remember. Nevertheless I always thought that > having an atomic restore ought to be a non-optional feature. Are there > situations where one would not want to use it? (And if so, which one > is the more normal case?)
You're thinking is good. I guess if restores never failed, I'd be inclined to agree 100%, but I'm at about 80% right now. I'd say: if the patch is accepted technically, lets debate this point more widely on -hackers. Best Regards, Simon Riggs ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
