From 0bf8b273484006d03c55e86b3d26dec3811f984d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:45:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update description of GUC full_page_writes. Michael Paesold --- doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 3c683210d4..1aed577b08 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -1705,11 +1705,12 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF; When this option is on, the PostgreSQL server - writes full pages to WAL when they first modified after a checkpoint - so full recovery is possible. Turning this option off might lead - to a corrupt system after an operating system crash because - uncorrected partial pages might contain inconsistent or corrupt - data. The risks are less but similar to fsync. + writes full pages to WAL when they are first modified after a + checkpoint so full recovery is possible. Turning this option off + might lead to a corrupt system after an operating system crash + or power failure because uncorrected partial pages might contain + inconsistent or corrupt data. The risks are less but similar to + fsync. -- 2.40.0