Re: Preliminary PITR documentation available

From: Mike Mascari <mascarm(at)mascari(dot)com>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Preliminary PITR documentation available
Date: 2004-08-04 03:27:35
Message-ID: 411057A7.1050201@mascari.com
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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:

>> People have been complaining (not without reason) that without any
>> documentation they can hardly test the new PITR code. I have hacked
>> up and committed some rough docs that should be enough for testing.
>> They're on-line now at
>> http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/backup-online.html
>> and should within a few hours be visible at
>> http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/backup-online.html
>> (but right now the latter page contains only an introductory blurb).
>
> I love this:
>
> "The ability to restore the database to a previous point in time creates
> some complexities that are akin to science-fiction stories about time
> travel and parallel universes."

Is it science-fiction, or just relativity?

Mike Mascari

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