| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)coretech(dot)co(dot)nz>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Point in Time Recovery |
| Date: | 2004-07-22 03:42:22 |
| Message-ID: | 2654.1090467742@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Agreed, it might not be possible, but your report does point out a
> limitation in our implementation --- that a shutdown database contains
> more information than a backup and the archive logs. That is not
> intuitive.
That's only because you are clinging to the broken assumption that
pg_xlog/ is part of the database, rather than part of the logs.
Separate that out as a distinct entity, and all gets better.
regards, tom lane
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