Le mar. 24 mars 2020 à 17:00, Remund Alain <alain.rem...@bertschi.com> a écrit :
> Hi all > > > > We have PostgreSql 9.6 running and started to work with materialized > views. To refresh the materialized views, we set up a cron job that > refreshes the materialized views on a fix schedule. > > Since our materialized views cache quite some data, we noticed a > considerable increase in WAL files. It seems, that every refresh of a > materialized view is logged in the WAL. > > > > We tried to figure out how we can alter the materialized view to set it to > "UNLOGGED" but this does not seem possible. > > --> "alter materialized view xyz set UNLOGGED;" leads to "ERROR: "xyz" is > not a table, SQL state: 42809" > > > > Is there another way to avoid logging a refresh of a materialized view in > the WAL? > > > As you say, there is no unlogged materialized view. So, no, it will always log to the WAL during refresh. > -- Guillaume.