On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Chen, Dongdong (GE Healthcare) <dongdongc...@ge.com> wrote: > I wanna know if there is any way or tool to detect the DB data loss or > damage and inform developer the result before recovery? If there is > data loss, the DB could still open or not ? > Sometimes even if shutdown abnormally, the data still keep in good > condition.
Assuming non broken hardware and a drive subsystem that doesn't lie about fsync, and that the dba hasn't turned off fsync, an abnormal shutdown should NEVER result in a corrupted database. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
