Re: postgres 7.2 features. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Chris Bitmead
Subject Re: postgres 7.2 features.
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Msg-id 396AB2EA.74528A33@nimrod.itg.telecom.com.au
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In response to Re: postgres 7.2 features.  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: postgres 7.2 features.  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> >
> > The bottom line is that the original postgres time-travel implementation
> > was totally cost-free. Actually it may have even speeded things
> > up since vacuum would have less work to do. Can you convince me that
> > triggers can compare anywhere near for performance? I can't see how.
> > All I'm asking is don't damage anything that is in postgres now that
> > is relevant to time-travel in your quest for WAL....
> 
> Basically, time travel was getting in the way of more requested features

Do you mean way back when it was removed? How was it getting in the way?

> that had to be added.  Keeping it around has a cost, and no one felt the
> cost was worth the benefit. You may disagree, but at the time, that was
> the consensus, and I assume it still is.


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