Re: pg_stop_backup() - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Simon Riggs
Subject Re: pg_stop_backup()
Date
Msg-id 1268902707.3827.1693.camel@ebony
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In response to pg_stop_backup()  ("Vitaly Burshteyn" <vburshteyn@broadway.com>)
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On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 10:41 -0400, Vitaly Burshteyn wrote:

> Out of curiosity,  any idea why every time I run select
> pg_stop_backup();  it goes into an infinite loop?

When you say "infinite" do you mean to say it never comes out of the
loop at all? Not sure if you are reporting a bug, or not.

The manual describes what is happening:
http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-BASE-BACKUP
Step 5

Is there anything you think should be added to the manual?

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 Simon Riggs           www.2ndQuadrant.com


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