From: | John Reynolds <jreynolds(at)asitatech(dot)ie> |
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To: | Alexandre Fayolle <alexandre(dot)fayolle(at)free(dot)fr> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)hub(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Database on read only directory |
Date: | 1999-08-06 10:57:05 |
Message-ID: | 37AABF80.5D3CD25B@asitatech.ie |
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Hi Alexandre,
I was thinking about doing something similar when I get the time (very low
pirority at the moment - may never get done - darn). I was thinking of taring the
data directory onto the CD-ROM and untaring it into a ram disk to get around the
read-only media.
John
Alexandre Fayolle wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm building a database that I would eventually like to store on a read only
> medium, such as a CD rom. It would then be accessed for consulting only via a
> Java program.
>
> However, from what I understood, PostgreSql needs to write to the database
> directory when SELECTing from tables. Is there a simple way to force such write
> accesses to a temporary directory ?
>
> Alexandre Fayolle
> http://alexandre.fayolle.free.fr
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