Re: WAL replay failure after file truncation(?)

Manfred Koizar <mkoi-pg@aon.at>

From: Manfred Koizar <mkoi-pg@aon.at>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-05-26T22:04:52Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, 25 May 2005 18:19:19 -0400, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
wrote:
>> but it keeps a list (hash table, file, whatever) of those blocks.
>> [...]  Is it sufficient to
>> remember just the relation and the block number or do we need the
>> contents a well?
>
>We don't *have* the contents ... that's exactly why it's panicking ...

I meant the contents of the WAL record, not the original block
contents.  Anyway, I think it's not needed.

Servus
 Manfred