Re: Unlogged vs. In-Memory

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>

From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>

To: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>

Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com>, Rob Wultsch <wultsch@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org>

Date: 2011-05-05T18:59:49Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

Simon,

> I doubt that anyone wants the current behaviour.
> 
> It's a very common thing for minor changes during beta to improve software.
> I think we should be listening to users so that we round off the
> features being delivered with a few tweaks.

Actually, I find the Unlogged tables very useful as they are.  I have at
least 20 clients who store their "session" tables in PostgreSQL, as well
as quite a few clients who use PostgreSQL as a backing store for a queue
with ephemeral data.  And the Unlogged tables are terrrific for doing ELT.

-- 
Josh Berkus
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