RE: Plans for solving the VACUUM problem - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Don Baccus
Subject RE: Plans for solving the VACUUM problem
Date
Msg-id 3.0.1.32.20010529105533.016b9100@mail.pacifier.com
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In response to Plans for solving the VACUUM problem  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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At 10:49 AM 5/29/01 -0700, Mikheev, Vadim wrote:

>> I know people who rollback most of their transactions
>> (actually they use it to emulate temp tables when reporting). 
>
>Shouldn't they use TEMP tables? -:)

Which is a very good point.  Pandering to poor practice at the
expense of good performance for better-designed applications
isn't a good idea.



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