Re: backup WAL files, - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: backup WAL files,
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Msg-id 15086.1200440974@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: backup WAL files,  (Tom Davies <tgdavies@gmail.com>)
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Tom Davies <tgdavies@gmail.com> writes:
> On 16/01/2008, at 2:41 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> You definitely should not expect to convert the names to integers.

> Presumably you can convert them to 96 bit integers? i.e. they are
> always strings of hex characters?

You could, but in most scripting languages I can think of, it'd be
a lot easier just to treat them as strings.

            regards, tom lane

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