Thread: 9.3: mention checksum feature in "29.1. Reliability"
This page: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/wal-reliability.html says: "Data pages are not currently checksummed, though full page images recorded in WAL records will be protected. Data pages have a 16-bit field available for future use with a data page checksum feature." Patch with correction suggestion attached. Regards Ian Barwick
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On 27 August 2013 05:31, Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick@gmail.com> wrote: > This page: > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/wal-reliability.html > > says: > > "Data pages are not currently checksummed, though full page images > recorded in WAL records will be protected. Data pages have a 16-bit > field available for future use with a data page checksum feature." > > Patch with correction suggestion attached. Thanks Ian, well spotted. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 01:31:45PM +0900, Ian Lawrence Barwick wrote: > This page: > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/wal-reliability.html > > says: > > "Data pages are not currently checksummed, though full page images > recorded in WAL records will be protected. Data pages have a 16-bit > field available for future use with a data page checksum feature." > > Patch with correction suggestion attached. Modified patch attached and applied. Backpatched to 9.3. Thanks. I removed the mention of 9.3 because that looks odd after a few releases. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + Everyone has their own god. +