Re: [DOCS] Online backup vs Continuous backup

2005-12-30 Thread Christopher Browne
> Bruce Momjian writes: >> I suggest the following patch to rename our capability "Continuous >> Backup". > > This doesn't seem like an improvement. "Online backup" is the standard > terminology AFAIK. There's something ambiguous about it, in view that there are two useful points in time for a b

[DOCS] sending mail from Postgres

2005-12-30 Thread Aftab Alam
Hi there, How can i send mail form postgresql. any suggestion. thanx & regards aftab      

Re: [DOCS] [HACKERS] Online backup vs Continuous backup

2005-12-30 Thread Greg Stark
"Andrew Dunstan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Greg Stark said: > > Well fwiw what pg_dump does isn't even considered a "backup" at all in > > other systems. It's a "logical export" or something of that sort. > > > > It's not considered a "backup" because it's saving something different > > than

Re: [DOCS] [HACKERS] Online backup vs Continuous backup

2005-12-30 Thread Greg Stark
Bruce Momjian writes: > I noticed that we are using the term "Online Backup" in our > documentation when we are talking about continuous backup and PITR. > > To me, "online backup" is doing a backup while the system is online > (online-backup), and that is accomplished by pg_dump. Well fwiw w

Re: [DOCS] [HACKERS] Online backup vs Continuous backup

2005-12-30 Thread Heikki Linnakangas
On Mon, 26 Dec 2005, Bruce Momjian wrote: Joshua D. Drake wrote: I have never heard the term Continuous backup. Although I have heard online backup. The problem is that when I hear the term online backup I think Hot backup which is what we do with pg_dump. Yes, that is my problem too. I wo

Re: [HACKERS] [DOCS] Online backup vs Continuous backup

2005-12-30 Thread Simon Riggs
On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 13:46 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > Bruce Momjian writes: > > > I suggest the following patch to rename our capability "Continuous > > > Backup". > > > > This doesn't seem like an improvement. "Online backup" is the standard > > terminology AFAIK. > > B