On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 09:36 -0400, Aidan Van Dyk wrote:
> * Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> [080910 06:18]:
>
> > We have a number of choices, at the point of failure:
> > * Does the whole primary server stay up (probably)?
>
> The only sane choice is the one the admin makes. Any "predetermined" choice
> PG makes can (and will) be wrong in some situations.
We are in agreement then. Those questions were listed as arguments in
favour of a parameter to let the sysadmin choose. More than that, I was
saying this can be selected for individual transactions, not just for
the whole server as a whole (as other vendors do).
-- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.comPostgreSQL Training, Services and Support