Re: WAL replay failure after file truncation(?)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Manfred Koizar <mkoi-pg(at)aon(dot)at>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WAL replay failure after file truncation(?)
Date: 2005-05-26 22:16:55
Message-ID: 9011.1117145815@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Manfred Koizar <mkoi-pg(at)aon(dot)at> writes:
>>> [...] Is it sufficient to
>>> remember just the relation and the block number or do we need the
>>> contents a well?

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

Oh, I see. Yes, it might be worth hanging onto for debugging purposes.
If we did get a report of such a failure, I'm sure we'd wish to know
what sort of WAL record triggered it. One trusts there won't be so many
that storing 'em all is a problem ...

regards, tom lane

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