When reading the docs on recovery.conf, I noticed this:
WAL segments that cannot be found in the archive will be sought in pg_xlog/; this allows use of recent un-archived segments. However segments that are available from the archive will be used in preference to files in pg_xlog/. The system will not overwrite the existing contents of pg_xlog/ when retrieving archived files.
If the system will use the files in the archive in preference to the ones in pg_xlog, how can this actually happen if it will not overwrite the contents of pg_xlog?
I also noticed that if there is not at least one wal archive available in the archive or the pg_xlog dir, the restore errors out and exits. So the base backup is really not complete without at least one wal archive following it. Is this by design? -- Jeff Frost, Owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Frost Consulting, LLC http://www.frostconsultingllc.com/ Phone: 650-780-7908 FAX: 650-649-1954 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
