Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CE862E006B for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:54:41 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 92370-02 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:54:26 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9C2D2E005E for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:54:34 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2RDsCe0008081; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:54:13 -0400 (EDT) To: Alvaro Herrera cc: Andrew Dunstan , Gregory Stark , "Zubkovsky, Sergey" , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Magnus Hagander Subject: Re: [DOCS] pg_total_relation_size() and CHECKPOINT In-reply-to: <20080327111457.GA4906@alvh.no-ip.org> References: <528853D3C5ED2C4AA8990B504BA7FB850106DF14@sol.transas.com> <21561.1205515308@sss.pgh.pa.us> <87myp1f9a7.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com> <24576.1205524921@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20080326132250.GK5895@alvh.no-ip.org> <47EA5602.6060605@dunslane.net> <21662.1206546092@sss.pgh.pa.us> <47EAE45D.8050902@dunslane.net> <21044.1206580136@sss.pgh.pa.us> <47EB0850.1050805@dunslane.net> <20080327111457.GA4906@alvh.no-ip.org> Comments: In-reply-to Alvaro Herrera message dated "Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:14:57 -0300" Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:54:12 -0400 Message-ID: <8080.1206626052@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200803/1102 X-Sequence-Number: 115903 Alvaro Herrera writes: > Andrew Dunstan wrote: >> I'm working on this (thank goodness for junctions). Maybe we shopuld >> look at providing a config setting for pg_xlog. > I hope you mean an initdb switch -- otherwise it is way too easy to > misuse. There's one already .. regards, tom lane