Re: [HACKERS] Some newbie questions

2008-09-09 Thread Greg Smith
On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, M2Y wrote: Why does a replication solution need log shipping and why cant we just ship the transaction statements to a standby node? Here's one of the classic examples of why that doesn't work: create table x (d decimal); insert into x values (random()); If you execute th

Re: [HACKERS] Some newbie questions

2008-09-08 Thread Alvaro Herrera
M2Y escribió: > On Sep 7, 11:52 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shane Ambler) wrote: > > > What is a good way to start understanding backend(postgres) code? Is > > > there any documentation available especially for developers? > > > What is commit log and why it is needed? > > > > To achieve ACID (Atomic,

Re: [HACKERS] Some newbie questions

2008-09-08 Thread Tom Lane
M2Y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sep 7, 11:52 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shane Ambler) wrote: >> Most of the developer info is within comments in the code itself. >> Another place to start ishttp://www.postgresql.org/developer/coding >> > I have seen this link. But, I am looking(or hoping) for any

Re: [HACKERS] Some newbie questions

2008-09-08 Thread M2Y
Thanks Shane for your response... On Sep 7, 11:52 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shane Ambler) wrote: > > What is a good way to start understanding backend(postgres) code? Is > > there any documentation available especially for developers? > > Most of the developer info is within comments in the code itse

Re: [HACKERS] Some newbie questions

2008-09-07 Thread Shane Ambler
M2Y wrote: Hello, Could you plz answer the following questions of a newbie: What is a good way to start understanding backend(postgres) code? Is there any documentation available especially for developers? Most of the developer info is within comments in the code itself. Another place to sta

[HACKERS] Some newbie questions

2008-09-07 Thread M2Y
Hello, Could you plz answer the following questions of a newbie: What is a good way to start understanding backend(postgres) code? Is there any documentation available especially for developers? What is commit log and why it is needed? Why does a replication solution need log shipping and why c