On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 00:50 -0500, Decibel! wrote: > On Aug 13, 2008, at 4:59 AM, Mark Kirkwood wrote: > > I noticed in the docs for pg_standby (docs/src/sgml/pgstandby.sgml) > > that we have supported version >= 8.2. However it does seem to work > > ok with earlier versions (e.g 8.1) - or am I missing something? > > Hrm, AFAIK it works... Simon?
It works, yes. But in basic form only. You'll have problems stopping and starting standby, but the most important change is that the process is not restartable. So if you run it for a month and then crash, you'll need to re-run the whole month's WAL data. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
