Re: Reviewing freeze map code - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephen Frost
Subject Re: Reviewing freeze map code
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Msg-id 20160506205821.GE10850@tamriel.snowman.net
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In response to Re: Reviewing freeze map code  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: Reviewing freeze map code  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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* Joshua D. Drake (jd@commandprompt.com) wrote:
> Yeah I thought about that, it is the word "FORCE" that bothers me.
> When you use FORCE there is an assumption that no matter what, it
> plows through (think rm -f). So if we don't use FROZEN, that's cool
> but FORCE doesn't work either.

Isn't that exactly what this FORCE option being contemplated would do
though?  Plow through the entire relation, regardless of what the VM
says is all frozen or not?

Seems like FORCE is a good word for that to me.

Thanks!

Stephen

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