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)