A.M. wrote:
>
> On Feb 27, 2008, at 9:11 AM, Florian G. Pflug wrote:
>> The reason that I'd love some within-one-backend solution is that I'd
>> allow you to utilize more than one CPU for a restore within a *single*
>> transaction. This is something that a client-side solution won't be
>> able to deliver, unless major changes to the architecture of postgres
>> happen first...
>
> It seems like multiple backends should be able to take advantage of 2PC
> for transaction safety.
Yeah, but it wouldn't take advantage of, say, the hack to disable WAL
when the table was created in the same transaction.
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