On February 5, 2016 2:52:20 AM GMT+03:00, Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@BlueTreble.com> wrote:
>On 2/4/16 3:37 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
>> On 2016-02-03 09:28:24 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> Would we still have some way of forcing the older checkpoint record
>to
>>> be used if somebody wants to try to do that?
>>
>> I think currently the best way to force an arbitrary checkpoint to be
>> used is creating a "custom" backup label. Not that nice. Not sure if
>we
>> need something nice here, I don't really see a frequent need for
>this.
>>
>> We could add another option to pg_resetxlog alternatively :/
>
>I guess you'd have to scan through WAL files by hand to find the next
>oldest checkpoint?
Just look at pg control, it contains the precious location?
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