Re: Type of application that use PostgreSQL

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Ron Johnson wrote:

> On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 04:26, Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> > Peter Childs wrote:
> [snip]
> > Postgresql do have update logs in form of WAL. However it can not do PITR with
> > log archiving if a node in cluster goes down for extended period. WAL does not
> > handle these situations in current design. Precisely, PITR is the feature that
> > implements this functonality.

    No it does not. WAL is Down-Date Logs not update logs. WAL will
enable you to rewind to the beginning of all currently running
transactions after a crash. Ie roll-back not roll-forward.

>
> For those not in the know, PITR is Point In Time Recovery.
>
> And yes, that capability has been around for 20+ years on mainframes
> and minicomputers, but they were/a`re funded a lot higher than the
> PostgreSQL volunteers are!
>
>

     It was planned for 7.4 so when is it going to happern now it has
missed 7.4?

Peter Childs