Hi,
small patch for the documentation describing the current pg_start_backup
checkpoint behavior as per
http://archives.postgresql.org//pgsql-general/2008-09/msg01124.php .
Should we note down a TODO to revisit the current checkpoint handling?
best regards,
Michael
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
index 02545f1..6ea9488 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
@@ -737,12 +737,8 @@ SELECT pg_start_backup('label');
(see the configuration parameter
<xref linkend="guc-checkpoint-completion-target">). Usually
this is what you want because it minimizes the impact on query
- processing. If you just want to start the backup as soon as
- possible, execute a <command>CHECKPOINT</> command
- (which performs a checkpoint as quickly as possible) and then
- immediately execute <function>pg_start_backup</>. Then there
- will be very little for <function>pg_start_backup</>'s checkpoint
- to do, and it won't take long.
+ processing. Unfortunately it's currently not possible to expedite
+ the checkpointing done by pg_start_backup.
</para>
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