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Re: PITR Phase 2 - Design Planning

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2004-04-29T15:09:19Z
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Simon Riggs wrote:
> I'd suggest extending the CHECKPOINT command so you can say:
> CHECKPOINT <text message>
> e.g. CHECKPOINT 'starting payroll Feb04';
> (I'm sure some other DBMS does this...head spinning can;t recall...)
> the text could just appear in the xlog record data packet...

I believe you are thinking of a savepoint rather than a checkpoint.