Re: Patch pg_is_in_backup()

--On 2. Februar 2012 18:47:35 +0100 Gilles Darold <gilles(dot)darold(at)dalibo(dot)com>
wrote:

> For now the internal function BackupInProgress() only return a boolean.
> I like the idea that pg_is_in_backup() just works as pg_is_in_recovery()
> do. I mean it doesn't return the timestamp of the recovery starting time
> but only true or false.
>
> Maybe we can have an other function that will return all information
> available in the backup_label file ?

I've seen customers using pg_read_file() to do exactly this. E.g. they are
searching for the START TIME value, if backup_label is present, to report the
backup start.

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Thanks

Bernd