Re: pg_checksums?

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: Paul Förster <paul(dot)foerster(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org >> PG-General Mailing List" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_checksums?
Date: 2023-10-27 20:45:16
Message-ID: 0D18D31E-EF52-434D-875C-08BEC8DDD553@yesql.se
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> On 27 Oct 2023, at 20:34, Paul Förster <paul(dot)foerster(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> a) why isn't it possible to enable checksumming while a database cluster is up?

It is surprisingly complicated to enable checksums on a live cluster, a patch
was submitted a while back but ultimately never made it into postgres. The
below threads may shine some light on the problem:

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CABUevEx8KWhZE_XkZQpzEkZypZmBp3GbM9W90JLp%3D-7OJWBbcg%40mail.gmail.com
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/560A2239-5DE2-4B9C-92BC-878C6822F47C%40yesql.se#10b665b2193445a3d7f24be7917a952c

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Daniel Gustafsson

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