Simon Riggs wrote:
> @@ -7061,6 +7061,15 @@ ShutdownXLOG(int code, Datum arg)
> else
> {
> /*
> + * Take a snapshot of running transactions and write this to WAL.
> + * This allows us to reconstruct the state of running transactions
> + * during archive recovery, if required. We do this even if we are
> + * not archiving, to allow a cold physical backup of the server to
> + * be useful as a read only standby.
> + */
> + GetRunningTransactionData();
> +
> + /*
> * If archiving is enabled, rotate the last XLOG file so that all the
> * remaining records are archived (postmaster wakes up the archiver
> * process one more time at the end of shutdown). The checkpoint
>
I don't think this will do any good where it's placed. The checkpoint
that follows will have its redo-pointer beyond the running-xacts record,
so WAL replay will never see it.
-- Heikki Linnakangas EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
