On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 1:52 AM, Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Robert Haas <rh...@postgresql.org> wrote: >> New SQL functons pg_backup_in_progress() and pg_backup_start_time() >> >> Darold Gilles, reviewed by Gabriele Bartolini and others, rebased by >> Marco Nenciarini. Stylistic cleanup and OID fixes by me. > > How well is the term "on-line exclusive backup" really settled with > people? I wonder if we need to add a specific note to the docs saying > that the function doesn't consider streaming base backups at all, and > that one should refer to pg_stat_replication for info about those? Or > really, should the function be pg_exclusive_backup_in_progress() > perhaps?
Well, if we think that the term "exclusive backup" is not going to be easily comprehensible, then sticking that into the function name isn't going to help us much. I think that's just wordiness for the sake of being wordy. I do agree that we could probably improve the clarity of the documentation along the lines you suggest. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
