Re: Named restore points - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Named restore points
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Msg-id AANLkTikkt2rQ_6v3zyZT3EXG3aukEzbhTtn6N4hdyFce@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Named restore points  (Jaime Casanova <jaime@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Jaime Casanova <jaime@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> Here is a patch that implements "named restore points".
>
> It allows DBAs to specify  an exact point to which they can recover
> but that point will have a name, so they have a better control of when
> they want to stop recovery (ie: DBA's won't depend of remember
> specific times, dates and such).
>
> This adds a new function: pg_create_restore_point(text) (i'm not
> wedded with the name so if someone wants to suggest something better,
> that's fine with me), a new xlog record and a new recovery_target
> parameter in recovery.conf

Neat.

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Robert Haas
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