On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Benedikt Grundmann <
bgrundm...@janestreet.com> wrote:

>
> A alternative proposal (which will probably just reveal my lack of
> understanding about what is or isn't possible with WAL).  Provide a way to
> restart the master so that it rolls back the WAL changes that the slave
> hasn't seen.
>

WAL records in PostgreSQL can only be used for physical redo. They can not
be used for undo. So what you're suggesting is not possible though I am
sure a few other databases do that.

Thanks,
Pavan

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