On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 13:15 +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > Simon Riggs wrote: > > I'm thinking to add a new function that will allow crash testing easier. > > > > pg_crash_standby() will issue a new xlog record, XLOG_CRASH_STANDBY, > > which when replayed will just throw a FATAL error and crash Startup > > process. We won't be adding that to the user docs... > > > > This will allow us to produce tests that crash the server at specific > > places, rather than trying to trap those points manually. > > Heh, talk about a footgun ;-). I don't think including that in CVS is a > good idea.
Thought you'd like it. I'd have preferred it in a plugin... :-( Not really sure why its a problem though. We support pg_ctl stop -m immediate, which is the equivalent, yet we don't regard that as a footgun. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
