Document that syncronhous commit can be turned off in a single
authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:35:38 +0000 (17:35 +0000)
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:35:38 +0000 (17:35 +0000)
multi-statement transaction.

doc/src/sgml/config.sgml

index b3a068f4411624ee5f1e0dfafde3bf36c84f760f..9acc919532c3435d670b04216e7950f30f09dac0 100644 (file)
@@ -1318,7 +1318,9 @@ 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.
+        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;</>.
        </para>
 
        <para>