Re: pg_walinspect - a new extension to get raw WAL data and WAL stats - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bossart, Nathan
Subject Re: pg_walinspect - a new extension to get raw WAL data and WAL stats
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Msg-id A0BDA184-3564-4FC0-8B71-B16B5D828B9F@amazon.com
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In response to pg_walinspect - a new extension to get raw WAL data and WAL stats  (Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: pg_walinspect - a new extension to get raw WAL data and WAL stats  (Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>)
Re: pg_walinspect - a new extension to get raw WAL data and WAL stats  ("Drouvot, Bertrand" <bdrouvot@amazon.com>)
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On 9/8/21, 6:49 AM, "Bharath Rupireddy" <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com> wrote:
> How about we create a new extension, called pg_walinspect (synonymous
> to pageinspect extension) with a bunch of SQL-callable functions that
> get the raw WAL records or stats out of a running postgres database
> instance in a more structured way that is easily consumable by all the
> users or DBAs or developers? We can also provide these functionalities
> into the core postgres (in xlogfuncs.c) instead of a new extension,
> but we would like it to be pluggable so that the functions will be
> used only if required.

+1

Nathan


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