> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@sraoss.co.jp> wrote:
> > My interpretation of this paragraph is, if we set archive_command to
> > empty string, PostgreSQL accumulates all WAL under pg_xlog. i.e. no
> > WAL resuing occurs. Maybe set archive_command to /bin/true is enough
> > for pgpool-II, but it needs to rewrite postgresql.conf by pgpool. That
> > may make users to feel uncomfortable, I'm afraid.
>
> I understood that what is needed here is the capability to start/stop
> archiving without changing any configuration file. Instead of reloading
> the conf file, what API do you want? Controlling archiving via system
> catalog like pg_autovacuum (though it's obsolete) is sufficient?
I prefer to use functions.
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