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Diffstat (limited to 'src/include/miscadmin.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/include/miscadmin.h | 25 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/miscadmin.h b/src/include/miscadmin.h index 12eb3f87bae..9faaac1bde7 100644 --- a/src/include/miscadmin.h +++ b/src/include/miscadmin.h @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ * * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * - * $Id: miscadmin.h,v 1.42 1999/09/27 20:27:26 momjian Exp $ + * $Id: miscadmin.h,v 1.43 1999/10/06 21:58:13 vadim Exp $ * * NOTES * some of the information in this file will be moved to @@ -143,28 +143,25 @@ extern int CheckPathAccess(char *path, char *name, int open_mode); *****************************************************************************/ /* * Description: - * There are four processing modes in POSTGRES. They are NoProcessing - * or "none," BootstrapProcessing or "bootstrap," InitProcessing or + * There are three processing modes in POSTGRES. They are + * "BootstrapProcessing or "bootstrap," InitProcessing or * "initialization," and NormalProcessing or "normal." * - * If a POSTGRES binary is in normal mode, then all code may be executed - * normally. In the none mode, only bookkeeping code may be called. In - * particular, access method calls may not occur in this mode since the - * execution state is outside a transaction. - * - * The final two processing modes are used during special times. When the + * The first two processing modes are used during special times. When the * system state indicates bootstrap processing, transactions are all given - * transaction id "one" and are consequently guarenteed to commit. This mode + * transaction id "one" and are consequently guarenteed to commit. This mode * is used during the initial generation of template databases. * - * Finally, the execution state is in initialization mode until all normal - * initialization is complete. Some code behaves differently when executed in - * this mode to enable system bootstrapping. + * Initialization mode until all normal initialization is complete. + * Some code behaves differently when executed in this mode to enable + * system bootstrapping. + * + * If a POSTGRES binary is in normal mode, then all code may be executed + * normally. */ typedef enum ProcessingMode { - NoProcessing, /* "nothing" can be done */ BootstrapProcessing, /* bootstrap creation of template database */ InitProcessing, /* initializing system */ NormalProcessing /* normal processing */ |