Re: how do you recover a postgresql online backup - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: how do you recover a postgresql online backup
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Msg-id 10190.998341013@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to how do you recover a postgresql online backup  (Mark McWilliams <mark.mcwilliams@mindspring.com>)
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Mark McWilliams <mark.mcwilliams@mindspring.com> writes:
> Can someone tell me how to recover a PostgreSQL online backup?
> There is nothing in the documentation, and this is the only thing
> keeping me from using Oracle over PostgreSQL. Assuming of
> course using WAL (write ahead logging).

You don't have to do anything.  The postmaster automatically arranges to
replay any uncheckpointed log entries upon restart after a crash.

            regards, tom lane

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