Hi Magnus, Thank you.
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 3:30 PM Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 11:58 AM MEERA <meeranai...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi team, > > > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/continuous-archiving.html > > > > It is mentioned here that exclusive backup method is deprecated and > should be avoided. it is now recommended that all users upgrade their > scripts to use non-exclusive backups. > > > > Does this mean select pg_start_backup('label', false, true) is > deprecated? > > Yes. > > > In a future version, will it not allow the third argument to be true? > > The exact future has not been decided, but most likely yes. And as > most installations using it today are unsafe, it is recommended that > you don't use it even before then. It basically exists for backwards > compatibility with PostgreSQL prior to 9.6. > > -- > Magnus Hagander > Me: https://www.hagander.net/ > Work: https://www.redpill-linpro.com/ > -- thanks and regards, Meera R Nair
