Re: Patch pg_is_in_backup() - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bernd Helmle
Subject Re: Patch pg_is_in_backup()
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Msg-id 691525170451D3F76CEF7ED1@apophis.local
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In response to Re: Patch pg_is_in_backup()  (Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Patch pg_is_in_backup()  (Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>)
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--On 3. Februar 2012 13:21:11 +0900 Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:

> It seems to be more user-friendly to introduce a view like pg_stat_backup
> rather than the function returning an array.

I like this idea. A use case i saw for monitoring backup_label's in the past, 
was mainly to discover a forgotten exclusive pg_stop_backup() (e.g. due to 
broken backup scripts). If the view would be able to distinguish both, 
exclusive and non-exclusive backups, this would be great.

-- 
Thanks
Bernd


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