Re: Forcing WAL switch

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Walker, Jed S" <Jed_Walker(at)cable(dot)comcast(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Forcing WAL switch
Date: 2005-08-11 21:38:23
Message-ID: 22970.1123796303@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Walker, Jed S" <Jed_Walker(at)cable(dot)comcast(dot)com> writes:
> To have a good hot backup. It is worthless if I don't have the log that
> was being written to at the time the backup was occurring correct?

Right, but how does forcing a segment switch make that any easier? You
still have to determine which segment is current at the time you start
the backup.

regards, tom lane

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