Re: 8.4 open item: copy performance regression?

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Alan Li <ali(at)truviso(dot)com>, Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 8.4 open item: copy performance regression?
Date: 2009-06-22 16:42:47
Message-ID: 4A3FB487.30409@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>
>>> I thought he was asking for a solution to the problem of WALInsertLock
>>> contention. In any case, we have "WAL bypass on a table by table basis"
>>> now, don't we?
>>>
>
>
>> If we do I'm ignorant of it ;-) How do we say "Never WAL this table"?
>>
>
> Make it a temporary table.
>
>
>

That doesn't help if you need the data visible in multiple sessions. But
we're digressing from the original topic. Sorry.

cheers

andrew

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