Re: WAL recovery question - 0000001.history

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: andy(at)andycc(dot)net
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WAL recovery question - 0000001.history
Date: 2006-04-29 19:13:44
Message-ID: 25995.1146338024@sss.pgh.pa.us
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andy(at)andycc(dot)net writes:
> Hi Tom,Thanks for this.&nbsp; Do you know why Postgres was asking for
> 00000001.history?&nbsp; Surely it would know by the presence of the
> backup_label file, and its contents&nbsp;that it needs to go straight for the
> xxxxxx.backup file, which should exist?

It still needs to worry about timelines. Feel free to study the logic
in xlog.c ...

regards, tom lane

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