Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EBDE64FCD5 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:09:43 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27160-01 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:09:37 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CE2864FCBC for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:09:36 -0300 (ADT) Received: from perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (200-126-101-5.bk7-dsl.surnet.cl [200.126.101.5]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m9MKDR1i018527 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:13:30 -0700 Received: by perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 89DE447CBC; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:09:19 -0300 (CLST) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:09:19 -0300 From: Alvaro Herrera To: Scott Whitney Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Another PITR question Message-ID: <20081022200919.GE4022@alvh.no-ip.org> References: <20081022200650.4F5717E424E@mail.int.journyx.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081022200650.4F5717E424E@mail.int.journyx.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:13:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200810/156 X-Sequence-Number: 30612 Scott Whitney wrote: > However, I want the standby to CONSTANTLY stay in recovery mode, not > just restore the WALs it finds when I start it. > > Is this possible? Can someone explain or point me to some example docs > somewhere? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/pgstandby.html -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.