Received: from localhost (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4E264766BD; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 13:48:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from bob.samurai.com (bob.samurai.com [205.207.28.75]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C42C476696; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 13:48:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from boston.samurai.com (DU179.N224.ResNet.QueensU.CA [130.15.224.179]) by bob.samurai.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 738BD1DF2; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 13:48:22 -0400 (EDT) To: "Sandeep Chadha" Cc: "Tom Lane" , , "pgsql-general" Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Hot Backup References: <4AFE42D73ED1F345A576D3290FF8421C17674A@exchange.nnco.net> From: Neil Conway In-Reply-To: <4AFE42D73ED1F345A576D3290FF8421C17674A@exchange.nnco.net> Date: 07 Oct 2002 13:48:00 -0400 Message-ID: <877kguqgxb.fsf@mailbox.samurai.com> Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Archive-Number: 200210/401 X-Sequence-Number: 31399 "Sandeep Chadha" writes: > Postgresql has been lacking this all along. I've installed postgres > 7.3b2 and still don't see any archive's flushed to any other > place. Please let me know how is hot backup procedure implemented in > current 7.3 beta(2) release. AFAIK no such hot backup feature has been implemented for 7.3 -- you appear to have been misinformed. That said, I agree that would be a good feature to have. Cheers, Neil -- Neil Conway || PGP Key ID: DB3C29FC