On 2015-01-29 12:57:22 -0500, Robert Haas wrote: > The issues here are similar to those in > http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20150120152819.gc24...@alap3.anarazel.de > - basically, I think we need to make CREATE DATABASE and ALTER > DATABASE .. SET TABLESPACE fully WAL-logged operations, or this is > never going to work right. If we're not going to allow that, we need > to disallow hot backups while those operations are in progress.
Yea, the current way is just a hack from the dark ages. Which has some advantages, true, but I don't think they outweight the disadvantages. I hope to find time to develop a patch to make those properly WAL logged (for master) sometime not too far away. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers