From e788e8aa039fd29ad6d6cffcae0b1385b9e58a0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 19:11:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] This file was superceeded by README.fsync. --- doc/README.OPENLINK | 28 ---------------------------- 1 file changed, 28 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 doc/README.OPENLINK diff --git a/doc/README.OPENLINK b/doc/README.OPENLINK deleted file mode 100644 index 3a52267216..0000000000 --- a/doc/README.OPENLINK +++ /dev/null @@ -1,28 +0,0 @@ -varchar.diff ------------- -This patch was necessary for the OpenLink Postgres Database Agent. -I think this fixes a bug anyway. - -The following query demonstrates this bug: - - create table foo (bar varchar); - insert into foo values (''); -- no problem - select * from foo where bar = ''; -- fails - - -fsync.diff ----------- -This patch adds an option to disable synchronous writes. -It adds an extra option to postgres: -F - -When started with -F, all fsync() calls will be no-ops, -so you'll be in big trouble when your machine suddenly crashes and your disk -cache is not flushed. - -Use at your own risk (but it is *much* faster with large inserts) - -This also speeds up initdb for initial database bootstrapping - -To start postmaster with this "feature" enabled, type - postmaster -o -F -S -