POSTGRES WAL

From: Mageshwaran <j_mageshwaran(at)sifycorp(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Chad Wagner <chad(dot)wagner(at)gmail(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, deductive(at)kutoma(dot)com
Subject: POSTGRES WAL
Date: 2007-03-01 03:31:21
Message-ID: 45E64909.8080201@sifycorp.com
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Hi ,

Is there any method or utility to convert content of WAL files into
Human Readable format.

Regards
J Mageshwaran

Andrew Dunstan wrote:

> Chad Wagner wrote:
>
>> On 2/26/07, *Josh Berkus* <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com
>> <mailto:josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>> wrote:
>>
>> > Just wondering after reading so many mails from Hackers
>> List.(its 2.15 AM
>> > now!!) Is there anybody working on something to create a DB from
>> > a) The TODO list http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html
>> > b) The sourcecode of PostgreSQL
>> > c) The relevant Mailings from the developers lists
>>
>> Of those, only the TODO makes sense as a DB. You're welcome to go
>> for it.
>>
>> The TODO list is a bit outdated, and it would make sense to make it
>> into a web page and assign names to the tasks and which releases the
>> TODO task will make it in. Perhaps it would even be useful for folks
>> to post their WIP patches, status updates, etc to such a page?
>>
>> Any comments? I am willing to chip in. I could only imagine the
>> current workload for maintaining this is a bit overwhelming.
>
>
> Before we rehash recent debates, please, everybody, review them. Going
> over and over and over the same ground laboriously is really getting
> tiresome, and unfortunately it's also getting more frequent. It's
> *déjà vu *all over again.
>
> And, for the record, I do not see the slightest point in putting the
> TODO list on its own into a database. None, zilch, nada. As database
> professionals we should be adept at recognising when the use of a
> database is appropriate and when it isn't. If we put it into a
> tracking system (presumably database backed) that would be another
> matter, but that has gone nowhere as usual.
>
> There is some point in putting it in a wiki where we can gather
> relevant documents, links to discussions etc. That's why the
> developers' wiki was established, AIUI.
>
> cheers
>
> andrew
>
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