On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 16:09, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Simon Riggs wrote: > > I'd suggest extending the CHECKPOINT command so you can say: > > CHECKPOINT <text message> > > e.g. CHECKPOINT 'starting payroll Feb04'; > > (I'm sure some other DBMS does this...head spinning can;t recall...) > > the text could just appear in the xlog record data packet... > > I believe you are thinking of a savepoint rather than a checkpoint. >
Perhaps that was the inspiration, but no, I definitely meant a CHECKPOINT. But now you come to mention it, it would be better just to have a command that simply wrote a named record to the xlog, so it can be searched for later... COMMENT [IN TRANSACTION LOG] 'starting payroll Feb04' Best Regards, Simon Riggs ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
