Re: Issues Outstanding for Point In Time Recovery (PITR)

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "J(dot) R(dot) Nield" <jrnield(at)usol(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hacker <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Issues Outstanding for Point In Time Recovery (PITR)
Date: 2002-07-16 19:36:17
Message-ID: 200207161936.g6GJaHl08463@candle.pha.pa.us
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J.R., just checking to see how PITR recovery is going. Do you need any
assistance or have any questions for us?

Also, do you have any idea how close you are to having something
completed? Are you aware we are closing development of 7.3 at the end
of August and start beta September 1? Is there any way we can help you?

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J. R. Nield wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-07-05 at 01:42, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > We have needed
> > point-in-time recovery for a long time,
>
> Most thanks should go to vadim (and whoever else worked on this), since
> his WAL code already does most of the work. The key thing is auditing
> the backend to look for every case where we assume some action is not
> visible until after commit, and therefore don't log its effects. Those
> are the main cases that must be changed.

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