On 26 April 2013 16:38, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >> Given that I was describing how we might implement Heikki's >> suggestion, I find this comment confusing. >> >> Please explain. > > Heikki's suggestion is simply to have a mode that stops as soon as > consistency is reached. The server already knows (from the backup > label) what the consistency point is, so there's no need to add a > restore point or anything else to the WAL stream to implement what > he's talking about.
Using restore points just puts into use the facility that is already best practice to use, put there for just this kind of situation. I guess you could do recovery_target_name = '$consistent' Doing it the other way means you need to add a new kind of recovery target to the API just for this. recovery_target_immediate = on -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
