"Kevin Grittner" <kevin.gritt...@wicourts.gov> writes: > Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> I'm going to go ahead and make this happen, using the arrangement >> >> pg_start_backup('label') -> slow checkpoint (backwards compatible) >> pg_start_backup('label', false) -> slow checkpoint >> pg_start_backup('label', true) -> immediate checkpoint > Probably a dumb question, but just to be sure: none of these functions > will return before the checkpoint is complete, right? (In other > words, when the function returns, it is safe to begin the base > backup?)
Correct. The only change here is whether or not to pass the CHECKPOINT_IMMEDIATE flag to RequestCheckpoint. We do CHECKPOINT_WAIT in any case. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers