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Do not flush cached information to disk. This flag is a
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logging (with transactions) so that the database is recoverable after
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from scratch after any system or application crash.
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<span class="bold"><strong>It is important to understand that flushing
cached information to disk only minimizes the window of opportunity
for corrupted data.</strong></span> Although unlikely, it is possible for
database corruption to happen if a system or application crash occurs
while writing data to the database. To ensure that database
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