Re: pg_walinspect - a new extension to get raw WAL data and WAL stats

On 9/8/21, 6:49 AM, "Bharath Rupireddy" <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com> wrote:
> How about we create a new extension, called pg_walinspect (synonymous
> to pageinspect extension) with a bunch of SQL-callable functions that
> get the raw WAL records or stats out of a running postgres database
> instance in a more structured way that is easily consumable by all the
> users or DBAs or developers? We can also provide these functionalities
> into the core postgres (in xlogfuncs.c) instead of a new extension,
> but we would like it to be pluggable so that the functions will be
> used only if required.

+1

Nathan