Re: patch proposal

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Venkata B Nagothi <nag1010(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: patch proposal
Date: 2016-08-17 13:27:22
Message-ID: 20160817132722.GT4028@tamriel.snowman.net
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Venkata,

* Venkata B Nagothi (nag1010(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
> Agreed. Additional option like "pause" would. As long as there is an option
> to ensure following happens if the recovery target is not reached -
>
> a) PG pauses the recovery at the end of the WAL
> b) Generates a warning in the log file saying that recovery target point
> is not reached (there is a patch being worked upon on by Thom on this)
> c) Does not open-up the database exiting from the recovery process by
> giving room to resume the replay of WALs

One thing to consider is just how different this is from simply bringing
PG up as a warm standby instead, with the warning added to indicate if
the recovery point wasn't reached.

Thanks!

Stephen

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