Re: Preliminary PITR documentation available

Mike Mascari <mascarm@mascari.com>

From: Mike Mascari <mascarm@mascari.com>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2004-08-04T03:27:35Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:

>> People have been complaining (not without reason) that without any
>> documentation they can hardly test the new PITR code.  I have hacked
>> up and committed some rough docs that should be enough for testing.
>> They're on-line now at
>> http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/backup-online.html
>> and should within a few hours be visible at
>> http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/backup-online.html
>> (but right now the latter page contains only an introductory blurb).
> 
> I love this:
> 
> "The ability to restore the database to a previous point in time creates 
> some complexities that are akin to science-fiction stories about time 
> travel and parallel universes."

Is it science-fiction, or just relativity?

Mike Mascari