Re: 7.0.3(nofsync) vs 7.1

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev(at)SECTORBASE(dot)COM>
Cc: "'pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 7.0.3(nofsync) vs 7.1
Date: 2000-12-09 00:14:38
Message-ID: 9343.976320878@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev(at)SECTORBASE(dot)COM> writes:
> So, I've run simple test (below) to check this. Seems that 7.1
> is faster than 7.0.3 (nofsync), and that SELECT FOR UPDATE in RI
> triggers is quite bad for performance.
> Also, we should add new TODO item: implement dirty reads
> and use them in RI triggers.

That would fix RI triggers, I guess, but what about plain SELECT FOR
UPDATE being used by applications?

Why exactly is SELECT FOR UPDATE such a performance problem for 7.1,
anyway? I wouldn't have thought it'd be a big deal...

regards, tom lane

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