Re: CHECKPOINT unlogged data

Hi,

On May 30, 2025 12:55:28 PM EDT, Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> wrote:
>Re: Andres Freund
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 2025-05-30 18:17:45 +0200, Christoph Berg wrote:
>> > A customer reported to use CHECKPOINT before shutdowns to make the
>> > shutdowns themselves faster and asked if it was possible to make
>> > CHECKPOINT optionally also write out unlogged table data for that
>> > purpose. I think the idea makes sense, so there's the patch.
>>
>> I've seen the need for this quite a few times, fwiw. So +1 to the idea.
>
>Do we want to officially mention this use case in checkpoint.sgml? I've
>already replaced the "is not intended for use during normal operation"
>wording by "not required during normal operation", but we might go one
>step further and endorse it.

Yes, I think it's good to mention what it is useful for.

Greetings,

Andres
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