Re: Preliminary PITR documentation available - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Mike Mascari
Subject Re: Preliminary PITR documentation available
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Msg-id 411057A7.1050201@mascari.com
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In response to Re: Preliminary PITR documentation available  (Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
Responses Re: Preliminary PITR documentation available  ("Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>)
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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:

>> People have been complaining (not without reason) that without any
>> documentation they can hardly test the new PITR code.  I have hacked
>> up and committed some rough docs that should be enough for testing.
>> They're on-line now at
>> http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/backup-online.html
>> and should within a few hours be visible at
>> http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/backup-online.html
>> (but right now the latter page contains only an introductory blurb).
> 
> I love this:
> 
> "The ability to restore the database to a previous point in time creates 
> some complexities that are akin to science-fiction stories about time 
> travel and parallel universes."

Is it science-fiction, or just relativity?

Mike Mascari




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