Re: pg_standby supported versions - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Simon Riggs
Subject Re: pg_standby supported versions
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Msg-id 1227805902.20796.69.camel@hp_dx2400_1
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In response to Re: pg_standby supported versions  (Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>)
Responses Re: pg_standby supported versions  (Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>)
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On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 22:14 +1300, Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
> >
> > You'll have problems stopping and starting standby, but the most
> > important change is that the process is not restartable. So if you
> run
> > it for a month and then crash, you'll need to re-run the whole
> month's
> > WAL data.
> >
> >
> Exactly, after posting this I discovered the relevant CVS logs for
> changes to support restartable recovery. It seems to me that perhaps a
> little more detail in the docs would be good here.

I would hope that the complete absence of anything would be all that is
required to dissuade people. We don't ever update the docs to say "BTW
feature X is not supported until next release". Not sure we should start
now.

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 Simon Riggs           www.2ndQuadrant.com
 PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support


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