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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index 05996b49108..e910706a313 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.163 2008/01/30 18:35:55 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.164 2008/02/02 23:29:12 tgl Exp $ --> <chapter Id="runtime-config"> <title>Server Configuration</title> @@ -1343,9 +1343,7 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF; In many situations, turning off <xref linkend="guc-synchronous-commit"> for noncritical transactions can provide much of the potential performance benefit of turning off <varname>fsync</varname>, without - the attendant risks of data corruption. It can even be turned - off in a single multi-statement transaction using <command>SET - LOCAL synchronous_commit TO OFF;</>. + the attendant risks of data corruption. </para> <para> @@ -1385,6 +1383,9 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF; one transaction is determined by the setting in effect when it commits. It is therefore possible, and useful, to have some transactions commit synchronously and others asynchronously. + For example, to make a single multi-statement transaction commit + asynchronously when the default is the opposite, issue <command>SET + LOCAL synchronous_commit TO OFF</> within the transaction. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |