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PostgreSQL TODO List
====================
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
-Last updated: Fri Sep 2 17:01:18 EDT 2005
+Last updated: Fri Sep 2 17:10:58 EDT 2005
The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
@@ -389,7 +389,6 @@ SQL Commands
copy of db?
o Add ON COMMIT capability to CREATE TABLE AS ... SELECT
- o Allow COPY into an new table to skip WAL logging
* UPDATE
@@ -448,7 +447,13 @@ SQL Commands
processed, with ROLLBACK on COPY failure.
o %Have COPY return the number of rows loaded/unloaded?
+ o Allow COPY on a newly-created table to skip WAL logging
+ On crash recovery, the table involved in the COPY would
+ have its heap and index files truncated. One issue is
+ that no other backend should be able to add to the table
+ at the same time, which is something that is currently
+ allowed.
* GRANT/REVOKE
diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
index 0b7aa3cef5c..9fd764ee637 100644
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#FF0000" vlink="#A00000" alink="#0000FF">
<h1><a name="section_1">PostgreSQL TODO List</a></h1>
<p>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<a href="mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</a>)<br/>
-Last updated: Fri Sep 2 17:01:18 EDT 2005
+Last updated: Fri Sep 2 17:10:58 EDT 2005
</p>
<p>The most recent version of this document can be viewed at<br/>
<a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html</a>.
@@ -355,7 +355,6 @@ first.
</li><li>Use more reliable method for CREATE DATABASE to get a consistent
copy of db?
</li><li>Add ON COMMIT capability to CREATE TABLE AS ... SELECT
- </li><li>Allow COPY into an new table to skip WAL logging
</li></ul>
</li><li>UPDATE
<ul>
@@ -407,6 +406,13 @@ first.
processed, with ROLLBACK on COPY failure.
</p>
</li><li>%Have COPY return the number of rows loaded/unloaded?
+ </li><li>Allow COPY on a newly-created table to skip WAL logging
+<p> On crash recovery, the table involved in the COPY would
+ have its heap and index files truncated. One issue is
+ that no other backend should be able to add to the table
+ at the same time, which is something that is currently
+ allowed.
+</p>
</li></ul>
</li><li>GRANT/REVOKE
<ul>