Re: after using pg_resetxlog, db lost

Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> This could be repaired by doing
>> pg_resetxlog with a more appropriate initial transaction ID, but
>> figuring out what that value should be is not easy :-(

> Tom - would there be any value in adding this to a pg_dump?

Possibly. CVS tip pg_dump has been changed to not output OIDs by
default, as a result of gripes from people who wanted to be able to
"diff" dumps from different servers and not have the diff cluttered
by irrelevant OID differences. But a single header line showing
current XID and OID values doesn't seem like it would be a big problem.
We could put current timestamp there too, which was another recent topic
of discussion.

Bring it up on pghackers and see if anyone has an objection...

regards, tom lane