On 31/01/2023 20:16, Greg Stark wrote:
A hint or something just in
that case might be enough?
It seems to be a -1 ;
let's try to improve the documentation, with the attached patch
best regards,
--
Sébastien
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
index be05a33205..7e26b51031 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
@@ -1332,7 +1332,8 @@ restore_command = 'cp /mnt/server/archivedir/%f %p'
you like, add comments to a history file to record your own notes about
how and why this particular timeline was created. Such comments will be
especially valuable when you have a thicket of different timelines as
- a result of experimentation.
+ a result of experimentation. In both WAL segment file names and history files,
+ the timeline ID number is expressed in hexadecimal.
</para>
<para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index e5c41cc6c6..3b5d041d92 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -4110,7 +4110,9 @@ restore_command = 'copy "C:\\server\\archivedir\\%f" "%p"' # Windows
current when the base backup was taken. The
value <literal>latest</literal> recovers
to the latest timeline found in the archive, which is useful in
- a standby server. <literal>latest</literal> is the default.
+ a standby server. A numerical value expressed in hexadecimal must be
+ prefixed with <literal>0x</literal>, for example <literal>0x11</literal>.
+ <literal>latest</literal> is the default.
</para>
<para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_waldump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_waldump.sgml
index 343f0482a9..4ae8f2ebdd 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_waldump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_waldump.sgml
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
Timeline from which to read WAL records. The default is to use the
value in <replaceable>startseg</replaceable>, if that is specified; otherwise, the
- default is 1.
+ default is 1. The value must be expressed in decimal, contrary to the hexadecimal
+ value given in WAL segment file names and history files.
</para>
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