On Monday, July 08, 2013 4:26 PM Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2013-07-08 16:17:54 +0530, Hari Babu wrote:
> > + This utility can also be used to decide whether backup is
> required or not when the data page
> > + in old-master precedes the last applied LSN in old-standby
> (i.e., new-master) at the
> > + moment of the failover.
> > + </para>
> > + </refsect1>
>
> I don't think this is safe in any interesting set of cases. Am I
> missing
> something?
No, you are not missing anything. It can be only used to find max LSN in
database which can avoid further corruption
> People falsely thinking that it can be used for this is the primary
> reason for me objecting the patch...
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.