Re: Allow WAL information to recover corrupted pg_controldata

> AFAIR you can create pg_control from scratch already with pg_resetxlog.
> The hard part is coming up with values for the counters, such as the
> next WAL location.  Some of them such as next OID are pretty harmless
> if you don't guess right, but I'm worried that wrong next WAL could
> make things worse not better.

I believe if WAL files are proper as mentioned in Alvaro's mail, the purposed logic should generate
correct values.
Do you see any problem in logic purposed in my original mail.
Can I resume my work on this feature?


With Regards,
Amit Kapila.