I'd like to reword this line in the Asynch commit docs:
"when transaction commit begins."
Transaction commit is when the transaction ends, so using the word begin
in that way is confusing.
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<xref linkend="guc-synchronous-commit">, which can be changed in
any of
the ways that a configuration parameter can be set. The mode used
for
any one transaction depends on the value of
! <varname>synchronous_commit</varname> when transaction commit
begins.
</para>
<para>
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<xref linkend="guc-synchronous-commit">, which can be changed in
any of
the ways that a configuration parameter can be set. The mode used
for
any one transaction depends on the value of
! <varname>synchronous_commit</varname> at the time of transaction
commit,
! so <command>SET LOCAL</> can also be used.
</para>
<para>
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Simon Riggs
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