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commit    0bf8b273484006d03c55e86b3d26dec3811f984d
Author:   Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date:     Wed Jul 06 14:45:12 2005 +0000
First released in: 8.1.0

    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 3c683210d4b..1aed577b087 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.336 2005/07/05 23:18:09 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.337 2005/07/06 14:45:12 momjian Exp $
 -->
 
 <chapter Id="runtime">
@@ -1705,11 +1705,12 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
 
        <para>
         When this option is on, the <productname>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 <varname>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
+        <varname>fsync</>.
        </para>
 
        <para>


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