Re: turn WAL off. - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Martijn van Oosterhout
Subject Re: turn WAL off.
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Msg-id 20040528212206.GA23463@svana.org
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In response to turn WAL off.  (Alexander Cohen <alex@toomuchspace.com>)
Responses Re: turn WAL off.  (Alexander Cohen <alex@toomuchspace.com>)
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On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 04:54:36PM -0400, Alexander Cohen wrote:
> Is it possible to turn WAL completely off. For good reasons, i dont
> ever want to use it. How can i turn it off?

You can't. The postgresql team is not in the business of producing
databases that can't handle a power failure.

Any hints as to what your "good reason" is?

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