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Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make standby server continuously retry restoring the next WAL

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@highrise.ca>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-03-19T12:43:34Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
>> We might also have written half a file many times. The files in pg_xlog
>> are suspect whereas the files in the archive are not. If we have both we
>> should prefer the archive.

> Yep.

Really?  That will result in a change in the longstanding behavior of
ordinary recovery.  I'm unconvinced that this is wise.

			regards, tom lane