Re: XLog: how to log?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: XLog: how to log?
Date: 2004-05-11 20:29:15
Message-ID: 14759.1084307355@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> Currently, recovery loops until end of xlogs. There is no exit condition
> from the loop. There is not currently a timestamp on the xlogs -
> anywhere apart from the file date on each xlog.

Sure there is: every transaction commit record (and I think abort as
well) carries a timestamp. This was put in with PITR in mind in the
very beginning.

regards, tom lane

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