Re: need help for PostgreSQL consistency check mechanism

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: "Chen, Dongdong (GE Healthcare)" <DongdongChen(at)ge(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: need help for PostgreSQL consistency check mechanism
Date: 2009-04-24 00:22:09
Message-ID: 20090424002209.GQ10358@alvh.no-ip.org
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Chen, Dongdong (GE Healthcare) wrote:
> We are now working on database check mechanism in our application. The
> situation is when server shutdown abnormally, the postmaster.pid file
> still exists when reboot, But the PostgreSQL database itself may not be
> damaged. We just do not want to restore from backups when the database
> is still good even if server shutdown abnormally. If the PostgreSQL
> database records are damaged for sure when server reboots, then the
> restoration should be executed automatically.

Just start it up. If there is recovery to execute, it'll be done
automatically.

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support

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