Re: dropdb breaks replication?

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: dropdb breaks replication?
Date: 2012-10-31 18:42:56
Message-ID: 50917130.2050506@hogranch.com
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On 10/31/12 11:34 AM, Edson Richter wrote:
> Sorry for the portguese text. Yes, your assumption is correct: WAL
> segment has been excluded before being able to replicate.
> I keep 80 WAL segments, but I was wondering if a drop database is
> being logged: it's just so fast, I thought it wasn't logged.
> And what is the purpose to log (and replicate) the database drop, if
> you will not be able to recover it - IMHO, dropdb should be replicated
> as "database deactivation" or something more or like that...

WAL is not a 'redo' log like Oracle uses.

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