On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 3:30 PM Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 11:58 AM MEERA <meeranair89@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi team, > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/continuous-archiving.html > > It is mentioned here that exclusive backup method is deprecated and should be avoided. it is now recommended that all users upgrade their scripts to use non-exclusive backups. > > Does this mean select pg_start_backup('label', false, true) is deprecated?
Yes.
> In a future version, will it not allow the third argument to be true?
The exact future has not been decided, but most likely yes. And as most installations using it today are unsafe, it is recommended that you don't use it even before then. It basically exists for backwards compatibility with PostgreSQL prior to 9.6.
