Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> The new rule is that before you start a multi-WAL-record operation that
> needs to be completed at end of recovery if you crash in the middle, you
> call HoldCheckpoint(), and once you're finished, ResumeCheckpoint().
What happens if you error out in between? Or is it assumed that the
*entire* sequence is a critical section? If it has to be that way,
one might wonder what's the point of trying to split it into multiple
WAL records.
regards, tom lane