Re: LSN as a recovery target

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: LSN as a recovery target
Date: 2016-05-24 16:29:21
Message-ID: 20160524162921.GA430324@alvherre.pgsql
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Christoph Berg wrote:
> Re: Michael Paquier 2016-05-24 <CAB7nPqQRXsC8=ozh6GpjLnpZ=MeooUZOaAbzx28n2bjSMv2B4g(at)mail(dot)gmail(dot)com>
> > Yeah, that's really something that covers only a narrow case, though
> > if we don't have it when we need it we're limited to some hacks.
> > Perhaps people who have the advanced level to use such a thing have
> > the level to use hacks anyway..
>
> I'd think recovery_target_lsn would be more useful in practice than
> the existing recovery_target_xid. So I don't see why it shouldn't just
> be added, also given it's likely very unobtrusive to do so.

Also, see
http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/56BD0E4E.5050503@2ndquadrant.com

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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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