Re: tablelog

From: Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Bruno Lavoie <bruno(dot)lavoie(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: tablelog
Date: 2009-02-11 10:19:22
Message-ID: 200902111119.25383.dfontaine@hi-media.com
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Hi,

On Tuesday 10 February 2009 17:36:38 Bruno Lavoie wrote:
> Oracle Flashback Query seems to use undo logs to return in a point in
> time if the undo retention param permit it. You can do it with a date,
> or with the SCN (system change number), a kind of transaction number. It
> saves you administration task and table management, and *space*.
>
> Is this doable with PG, using some pg transaction logs?

It's been discussed recently:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-02/msg00117.php

No idea how this would compare to the timetravel contrib, though, only that
the mail refers to concepts yet to be proposed and implemented etc...

Regards,
--
dim

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