Florian Weimer wrote:
> The documentation doesn't really tell how to disable synchronous
> commits for a single commit. I believe the correct command is
>
> SET LOCAL synchronous_commit TO OFF;
>
> just before the COMMIT statement.
Nice. I made the following documentation change, attached.
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--- doc/src/sgml/config.sgml 5 Nov 2007 17:34:36 -0000
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*** 1318,1324 ****
In many situations, turning off <xref linkend="guc-synchronous-commit">
for noncritical transactions can provide much of the potential
performance benefit of turning off <varname>fsync</varname>, without
! the attendant risks of data corruption.
</para>
<para>
--- 1318,1326 ----
In many situations, turning off <xref linkend="guc-synchronous-commit">
for noncritical transactions can provide much of the potential
performance benefit of turning off <varname>fsync</varname>, without
! the attendant risks of data corruption. It can even be turned
! off in a single multi-statement transaction using <command>SET
! LOCAL synchronous_commit TO OFF;</>.
</para>
<para>
