Re: WAL replay failure after file truncation(?)

From: Manfred Koizar <mkoi-pg(at)aon(dot)at>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WAL replay failure after file truncation(?)
Date: 2005-05-26 22:04:52
Message-ID: 6khc919nlbsl0d3gipm157gdf80up0ilh7@4ax.com
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On Wed, 25 May 2005 18:19:19 -0400, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
wrote:
>> but it keeps a list (hash table, file, whatever) of those blocks.
>> [...] Is it sufficient to
>> remember just the relation and the block number or do we need the
>> contents a well?
>
>We don't *have* the contents ... that's exactly why it's panicking ...

I meant the contents of the WAL record, not the original block
contents. Anyway, I think it's not needed.

Servus
Manfred

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