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From Tom Lane
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In response to CRC protection of data?  (Henrik Jönsson <hjoensson@gmail.com>)
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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Henrik_J=F6nsson?= <hjoensson@gmail.com> writes:
> Is there any built-in support in Postgresql to calculate and verify a
> checksum of the data read to and from the disc?

No.  It's been looked at; the costs would be far out of proportion
to the benefits.

            regards, tom lane

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