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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2005-07-06 14:45:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2005-07-06 14:45:12 +0000 |
| commit | 0bf8b273484006d03c55e86b3d26dec3811f984d (patch) | |
| tree | 8947c158dff8708ce0a354d05491e273dc8db30c /doc/src | |
| parent | 7d2e1cb7306fd652c3578fa1b3659309fb439068 (diff) | |
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Update description of GUC full_page_writes.
Michael Paesold
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 13 |
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 3c683210d4b..1aed577b087 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.336 2005/07/05 23:18:09 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.337 2005/07/06 14:45:12 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter Id="runtime"> @@ -1705,11 +1705,12 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF; <para> When this option is on, the <productname>PostgreSQL</> server - writes full pages to WAL when they first modified after a checkpoint - so full recovery is possible. Turning this option off might lead - to a corrupt system after an operating system crash because - uncorrected partial pages might contain inconsistent or corrupt - data. The risks are less but similar to <varname>fsync</>. + writes full pages to WAL when they are first modified after a + checkpoint so full recovery is possible. Turning this option off + might lead to a corrupt system after an operating system crash + or power failure because uncorrected partial pages might contain + inconsistent or corrupt data. The risks are less but similar to + <varname>fsync</>. </para> <para> |