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Re: unlogged tables

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

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From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Kenneth Marshall <ktm@rice.edu>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, marcin mank <marcin.mank@gmail.com>, Andy Colson <andy@squeakycode.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-11-17T20:48:52Z
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On 11/17/2010 03:37 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
>   I don't particularly care for the name UNSYNCED, and I'm starting not
> to like UNLOGGED much either, although at least that one is an actual
> word.  PERMANENT and the flavors of TEMPORARY are a reasonably
> comprehensible as a description of user-visible behavior, but UNLOGGED
> and UNSYNCED sounds a lot like they're discussing internal details
> that the user might not actually understand or care about.  I don't
> have a better idea right off the top of my head, though.

Maybe VOLATILE for UNSYNCED? Not sure about UNLOGGED.

cheers

andrew