On Monday, July 08, 2013 4:26 PM Andres Freund wrote: > On 2013-07-08 16:17:54 +0530, Hari Babu wrote: > > + This utility can also be used to decide whether backup is > required or not when the data page > > + in old-master precedes the last applied LSN in old-standby > (i.e., new-master) at the > > + moment of the failover. > > + </para> > > + </refsect1> > > I don't think this is safe in any interesting set of cases. Am I > missing > something?
No, you are not missing anything. It can be only used to find max LSN in database which can avoid further corruption > People falsely thinking that it can be used for this is the primary > reason for me objecting the patch... With Regards, Amit Kapila. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
