Re: Archival API

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From: pgsql-hackers-pitr-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-hackers-pitr-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of
raymond.siebert@mobilcom.de
> Another idea is an event handling system in database system.
> Sending defined signals to the 'outer world' through an API to a user
> supplied program.
> This user supplied program can later on handle other events in
addition to > backup of WAL logs.
> A fixed classification of events and a defined framework in user
supplied > program is the way to success.
>
>  [ ... ]
>

This is the method used in DB2. It is called "user exit". You can
specify
a program or a compiled C code to be run before, after or instead of
a specific event.