Re: 8.5 TODO: any info on "Create dump tool for write-ahead logs..." in PITR section (1.4)?

From: Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com>
To: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "shakahshakah(at)gmail(dot)com" <shakahshakah(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 8.5 TODO: any info on "Create dump tool for write-ahead logs..." in PITR section (1.4)?
Date: 2009-10-06 02:55:54
Message-ID: 4ACAB1BA.4020202@timbira.com
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Fujii Masao escreveu:
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
> <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>> That TODO item is a lot less important after we have Hot Standby. It
>> contains functions that allow you to pause and continue WAL replay, and
>> step through the WAL one transaction at a time.
>
> I don't think this is practical for PITR purpose, since applying one transaction
> at a time up to the recovery target point might take very long time. So the tool
> to quickly determine the recovery target point is necessary even after we have
> HS, I think. Am I missing something?
>
No. BTW, I have an unpublished version here that I didn't commit because I
need to clean it up. :(

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