shakahsha...@gmail.com wrote: > Can anyone elaborate (or point me to some additional info) on the 8.5 > TODO item in the "Point-In-Time Recover (PITR) section (1.4)": > Create dump tool for write-ahead logs for use in determining > transaction id for point-in-time recovery > This is useful for checking PITR recovery. > > I poked around a bit and found some code that "walks" the WAL logs (in > src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c, I think) and I could probably > figure out how to display a WAL log file contents, but I'm hoping > someone can provide some context as to what issue this TODO item is > trying to address (i.e., what output would be useful).
That TODO item is a lot less important after we have Hot Standby. It contains functions that allow you to pause and continue WAL replay, and step through the WAL one transaction at a time. It won't let you go backwards, though, so it won't completely replace a tool like xlogdump, which you can use to look into the WAL before applying it. -- Heikki Linnakangas EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
