Re: [HACKERS] Preliminary PITR documentation available

2004-08-04 Thread Mike Mascari
Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
People have been complaining (not without reason) that without any
documentation they can hardly test the new PITR code.  I have hacked
up and committed some rough docs that should be enough for testing.
They're on-line now at
http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/backup-online.html
and should within a few hours be visible at
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/backup-online.html
(but right now the latter page contains only an introductory blurb).
I love this:
The ability to restore the database to a previous point in time creates 
some complexities that are akin to science-fiction stories about time 
travel and parallel universes.
Is it science-fiction, or just relativity?
Mike Mascari

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Re: [HACKERS] Preliminary PITR documentation available

2004-08-04 Thread Matthew D. Fuller
On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 11:27:35PM -0400 I heard the voice of
Mike Mascari, and lo! it spake thus:
 Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
 
 The ability to restore the database to a previous point in time creates 
 some complexities that are akin to science-fiction stories about time 
 travel and parallel universes.
 
 Is it science-fiction, or just relativity?

Depends on how fast you read it.


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[HACKERS] Preliminary PITR documentation available

2004-08-03 Thread Tom Lane
People have been complaining (not without reason) that without any
documentation they can hardly test the new PITR code.  I have hacked
up and committed some rough docs that should be enough for testing.
They're on-line now at
http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/backup-online.html
and should within a few hours be visible at
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/backup-online.html
(but right now the latter page contains only an introductory blurb).

regards, tom lane

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Re: [HACKERS] Preliminary PITR documentation available

2004-08-03 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
People have been complaining (not without reason) that without any
documentation they can hardly test the new PITR code.  I have hacked
up and committed some rough docs that should be enough for testing.
They're on-line now at
http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/backup-online.html
and should within a few hours be visible at
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/backup-online.html
(but right now the latter page contains only an introductory blurb).
I love this:
The ability to restore the database to a previous point in time creates 
some complexities that are akin to science-fiction stories about time 
travel and parallel universes.

Awesome :)
Chris
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Re: [HACKERS] Preliminary PITR documentation available

2004-08-03 Thread Bruce Momjian

I thought Simon was going to give us some docs for PITR.  Did he or did
you have to write up your own?

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Tom Lane wrote:
 People have been complaining (not without reason) that without any
 documentation they can hardly test the new PITR code.  I have hacked
 up and committed some rough docs that should be enough for testing.
 They're on-line now at
 http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/backup-online.html
 and should within a few hours be visible at
 http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/backup-online.html
 (but right now the latter page contains only an introductory blurb).
 
   regards, tom lane
 
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Re: [HACKERS] Preliminary PITR documentation available

2004-08-03 Thread Tom Lane
Christopher Kings-Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 I love this:

 The ability to restore the database to a previous point in time creates 
 some complexities that are akin to science-fiction stories about time 
 travel and parallel universes.

Well, the code *works* but I'm not entirely sure how to explain the
feature.  These are just rough docs ... feel free to step up and do
better ...

regards, tom lane

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Re: [HACKERS] Preliminary PITR documentation available

2004-08-03 Thread markir
Certainly gave me a chuckle. Technical documentation with humour...now the
product has *everything*.

Mark

Quoting Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 Christopher Kings-Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
  I love this:

  The ability to restore the database to a previous point in time creates
  some complexities that are akin to science-fiction stories about time
  travel and parallel universes.

 Well, the code *works* but I'm not entirely sure how to explain the
 feature.  These are just rough docs ... feel free to step up and do
 better ...

   regards, tom lane

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