Re: Patch pg_is_in_backup()

From: Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>
To: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Marti Raudsepp <marti(at)juffo(dot)org>, Gilles Darold <gilles(dot)darold(at)dalibo(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Patch pg_is_in_backup()
Date: 2012-02-03 09:10:11
Message-ID: 691525170451D3F76CEF7ED1@apophis.local
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--On 3. Februar 2012 13:21:11 +0900 Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> It seems to be more user-friendly to introduce a view like pg_stat_backup
> rather than the function returning an array.

I like this idea. A use case i saw for monitoring backup_label's in the past,
was mainly to discover a forgotten exclusive pg_stop_backup() (e.g. due to
broken backup scripts). If the view would be able to distinguish both,
exclusive and non-exclusive backups, this would be great.

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Thanks

Bernd

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