Re: [ADMIN] Re: [SQL] Data recovery

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jan Wieck <jwieck(at)debis(dot)com>
Cc: tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us, bkruger(at)mindspring(dot)com, pgsql-admin(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Re: [SQL] Data recovery
Date: 1999-06-01 19:17:49
Message-ID: 199906011917.PAA04373@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > Very, very hard, but not impossible. If you update a row, and do a
> > select on that row, the select updates the transaction status so the
> > next select doesn't need to look at the pg_log table. What this means
> > is that pg_log could probably be reconstructed from existing data, with
> > just 'unselected' changes not appearing properly.
>
> So at the end you have some data that you cannot trust. I
> don't think that's worth the efford.

Yes. True. It is just a point that came up recently when Tom found the
first select on a table slow.

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