Re: WIP: splitting BLCKSZ

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Mark Wong <markw(at)osdl(dot)org>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WIP: splitting BLCKSZ
Date: 2006-04-05 09:10:30
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On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 15:26 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > An additional patch enclosed that adds xlog blcksz onto the xlog long
> > header at the start of each xlog file, so we can cross-check between
> > file and system, as we do with xlog seg size.
>
> That would require an xlog format change (XLOG_PAGE_MAGIC bump). Might
> be worth it anyway to avoid confusion in PITR log-shipping situations.
> I thought about it yesterday, and concluded it wasn't really worth the
> trouble, but am willing to reconsider.

Thanks,

> Note you forgot pg_resetxlog again .-)

Eyeball polishing now in progress.

Best Regards, Simon Riggs

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