Re: reading WAL files in python

C. Bergström wrote:

>On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 10:19 -0300, Gerardo Herzig wrote:
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>>Hi all. Im having some fun trying to write my own replication system
>>using python. I will use the postgres own WAL archiving to write the
>>files, then my app will read them and do some stuff. As im not a C
>>programmer, im stuck in the mission of reading the binary files.
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>>I guess im needing to know the internals of how wals archives are, how
>>big the buffer has to be, in order to have a complete sql command.
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>>Can someone point some advice?
>>I was trying to understad src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c, but seems
>>too difficult to me :(
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>imho you can save yourself a lot of time by taking a look at skytools[1]
>as it may be more along the lines of what you're trying to accomplish
>anyway.
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>Cheers,
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>./C
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>[1] https://developer.skype.com/SkypeGarage/DbProjects/SkyTools
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Oh yes, you already told me about skytools. But im also trying to learn
more about postgres and python, and this seems to a great oportunity to
do that. I dont mind if im reinventing the wheel, i usually have fun
doing it.

Thanks!
Gerardo