Re: -F option

Started by Alain TESIOover 26 years ago2 messagesbugsgeneral
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#1Alain TESIO
tesio@easynet.fr
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Alain, have you run postgreSQL with the -F option and compared them then?
I'd venture to say that if you did so, you'ld find PostgreSQL a bit more
desireable on the speed factor. Just remember, when you do so, you loose
some recovery possibilities -- as you're relying on the OS to sync data
from memory to disc.

Hello,

I've often experienced crashes with the -F option, the script which fills my
database can never run completely. If any developper is interested, I have
a dump file (about 2 Mo gzipped, directly produced from pg_dump) which
is crashing on a create index with the option -F set, and is working fine
without it.
My configuration is : Linux RedHat 6.0, Kernel 2.2-15, PostgreSQL 6.5.3,
64 Mo RAM.

Alain

#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Alain TESIO (#1)
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Re: [BUGS] Re: -F option

"Alain TESIO" <tesio@easynet.fr> writes:

I've often experienced crashes with the -F option, the script which fills my
database can never run completely. If any developper is interested, I have
a dump file (about 2 Mo gzipped, directly produced from pg_dump) which
is crashing on a create index with the option -F set, and is working fine
without it.

Really!? Wow, I can hardly guess what's causing that, but it sure
deserves looking into. Send me your dump, or give me an FTP or web
pointer if that's easier.

regards, tom lane