Re: [HACKERS] read-only database

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl>

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Satoshi Nagayasu <nagayasus@nttdata.co.jp>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, pgsql-patches@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-05-10T02:37:32Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 10:13:22PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Satoshi Nagayasu wrote:
> > 
> > Satoshi Nagayasu wrote:
> > > I wanted to make the postmaster read-only, and found
> > > "default_transaction_read_only" option, but it can be overwritten.
> > 
> > I mean it can be overridden by the user. I don't want that.
> 
> I understand, but we haven't gotten enough requests from people for a
> new option that can't be overridden.

The ability to have PGDATA in read-only media (like CDs) has been
requested a lot of times, hasn't it?

-- 
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[@]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"Porque francamente, si para saber manejarse a uno mismo hubiera que
rendir examen... ¿Quién es el machito que tendría carnet?"  (Mafalda)