Sean,

S> It would create a situation where you couldn't look at the database and
S> know in which mode the database access was occurring. Making it
S> difficult to debug potential problems.

how so? I'd expect that config service method to change the header
page bit that signifies forced writes, so if you "look at the
database" (presumably through gstat) you see the current state
regardless.

Ciao
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