Richard Huxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Tom Lane wrote: >>> What's wrong with synchronous_commit? It's accurate and simple.
> My concern would be that it can be read two ways: > 1. When you commit, sync (something or other - unspecified) > 2. Synchronise commits (to each other? to something else?)* Well, that's a fair point. deferred_commit would avoid that objection. I'm not sure it's real important though --- with practically all of the postgresql.conf variables, you really need to read the manual to know exactly what they do. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings