Re: [Proposal] Fully WAL logged CREATE DATABASE - No Checkpoints - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: [Proposal] Fully WAL logged CREATE DATABASE - No Checkpoints
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Msg-id 8c643fe4-3ca4-adb4-07cb-3b79988ea84b@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: [Proposal] Fully WAL logged CREATE DATABASE - No Checkpoints  (Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: [Proposal] Fully WAL logged CREATE DATABASE - No Checkpoints  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On 2/10/22 07:32, Dilip Kumar wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 9:31 PM Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 10:59 AM Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 9:25 PM Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
>>>> On 6/16/21 03:52, Dilip Kumar wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 7:01 PM Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Rather than use size, I'd be inclined to say use this if the source
>>>>>> database is marked as a template, and use the copydir approach for
>>>>>> anything that isn't.
>>>>> Yeah, that is possible, on the other thought wouldn't it be good to
>>>>> provide control to the user by providing two different commands, e.g.
>>>>> COPY DATABASE for the existing method (copydir) and CREATE DATABASE
>>>>> for the new method (fully wal logged)?
>>>> This proposal seems to have gotten lost.
>>> Yeah, I am planning to work on this part so that we can support both methods.
>> But can we pick a different syntax? In my view this should be an
>> option to CREATE DATABASE rather than a whole new command.
> Maybe we can provide something like
>
> CREATE DATABASE..WITH WAL_LOG=true/false ? OR
> CREATE DATABASE..WITH WAL_LOG_DATA_PAGE=true/false ? OR
> CREATE DATABASE..WITH CHECKPOINT=true/false ? OR
>
> And then we can explain in documentation about these options?  I think
> default should be new method?
>
>

The last one at least has the advantage that it doesn't invent yet
another keyword.

I can live with the new method being the default. I'm sure it would be
highlighted in the release notes too.


cheers


andrew


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