Re: 8.5 TODO: any info on "Create dump tool for write-ahead logs..." in PITR section (1.4)? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Fujii Masao
Subject Re: 8.5 TODO: any info on "Create dump tool for write-ahead logs..." in PITR section (1.4)?
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In response to Re: 8.5 TODO: any info on "Create dump tool for write-ahead logs..." in PITR section (1.4)?  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
Responses Re: 8.5 TODO: any info on "Create dump tool for write-ahead logs..." in PITR section (1.4)?
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Hi,

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
<heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> That TODO item is a lot less important after we have Hot Standby. It
> contains functions that allow you to pause and continue WAL replay, and
> step through the WAL one transaction at a time.

I don't think this is practical for PITR purpose, since applying one transaction
at a time up to the recovery target point might take very long time. So the tool
to quickly determine the recovery target point is necessary even after we have
HS, I think. Am I missing something?

Regards,

-- 
Fujii Masao
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
NTT Open Source Software Center


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