Re: PostgreSQL capabilities

Thanks a lot.
Now, what is WAL?
When is it scheduled for implementation?

>It means Postgres can do a reliable backup (a consistent snapshot) of a
>database without shutting down the database.
>
>What you are asking for is replication, which is not easy to implement,
>and almost damn impossible to get it RIGHT. (*curse at both Sybase and
>Oracle replication servers*). (i.e. how do you resolve replication
>conflicts, how do you resync databases for which you don't have
>transaction logs, etc). I assume for Postgres, replication is a
>possibility after WAL is implemented...
>
>On Tue, 30 May 2000, Mihai Gheorghiu wrote:
>
>> http://networkdna.com/database/index.html mentions that PostgreSQL is
>> capable of "Online backup". What does that exactly mean?
>> I'd like to be able to run a synchronization (in MS Access terms) (or
>> "incremental backup"???), i.e. to have two databases in two locations,
>> normally using only one of them and updating the other one. (Normal full
>> backup looks unrealistic for 300MB over 1/3 of a T1.) In case the
>> communication line between the two centers fails, users at the two ends
>> should be able to use the local databases, and changes made during
>> communication downtime be appended to the other database after
communication
>> resume.
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