Re: Point in Time Recovery

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Point in Time Recovery
Date: 2004-07-06 19:58:48
Message-ID: 1089143927.17493.158.camel@stromboli
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On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 08:38, Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD wrote:
> > - by time - but the time stamp on each xlog record only specifies to the
> > second, which could easily be 10 or more commits (we hope....)
> >
> > Should we use a different datatype than time_t for the commit timestamp,
> > one that offers more fine grained differentiation between checkpoints?
>
> Imho seconds is really sufficient. If you know a more precise position
> you will probably know it from backend log or an xlog sniffer. With those
> you can easily use the TransactionId way.
>

OK, thanks. I'll just leave the time_t datatype just the way it is.

Best Regards, Simon Riggs

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