Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> This is essentially the same reason why CREATE DATABASE and related >> commands xlog directory copy operations only after completing them. >> That potentially wastes much more than a few blocks; but it's still >> non-dangerous, and far safer than the alternative.
> Is this documented in a C comment somewhere? Obviously not in a place > Robert found. I had thought it was documented in the discussion of WAL logging rules in access/transam/README, but it isn't. I'll see about adding something. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers