Re: pg_stop_backup()

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Vitaly Burshteyn <vburshteyn(at)broadway(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_stop_backup()
Date: 2010-03-18 08:58:27
Message-ID: 1268902707.3827.1693.camel@ebony
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On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 10:41 -0400, Vitaly Burshteyn wrote:

> Out of curiosity, any idea why every time I run select
> pg_stop_backup(); it goes into an infinite loop?

When you say "infinite" do you mean to say it never comes out of the
loop at all? Not sure if you are reporting a bug, or not.

The manual describes what is happening:
http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-BASE-BACKUP
Step 5

Is there anything you think should be added to the manual?

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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com

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