> How does it know what a crashed PostgreSQL database look like? > > Besides, active transactions need to be *rolled back*, not written > ahead, since half the data hasn't been sent from the computer yet.
There's a section of the docs dealing with this: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/wal.html Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to > litigate.
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