Re: - Mailing list pgsql-hackers-pitr

From Bruce Momjian
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Msg-id 200402171940.i1HJeE315240@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to  ("Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
List pgsql-hackers-pitr
Simon Riggs wrote:
> >Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
> >Re: [pgsql-hackers-pitr] Proposals for PITR
> >>"Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> >> The general PITR recovery scenario requires:
> >> A - Take a full database backup
> >> B - Take regular log file backups
> >> C - Restore a full backup of a database.
> > Note that pg_dump has absolutely zero to do with this.  The base for a
> > PITR recovery scenario has to be a physical dump, not a logical dump;
> > else WAL replay won't work.
>
> Yes, I agree, I only included it because it was on the TODO. I'll cut it
> out of the further thinking on PITR, in case it confuses the issue in
> design/usage.

I removed the pg_dump mention on the web page.  Thanks.

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