| From: | Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> |
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| To: | Tim Allen <tim(at)proximity(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Major Problem, need help! Can't run our website! |
| Date: | 2005-11-15 04:05:17 |
| Message-ID: | 43795E7D.7090706@familyhealth.com.au |
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> We've seen reports of people firing this particular foot-gun before,
> haven't we? Would it make sense to rename pg_xlog to something that
> doesn't sound like it's "just" full of log files? Eg pg_wal - something
> where the half-educated will have no idea what it is, and therefore not
> think they know what they can do with it.
Would it be wise or insane for us to to mention in the startup error a
HINT that if you've removed such files, only hope is full restore from
backup or pg_resetxlog with data loss?
Chris
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