On Thu, 2007-06-07 at 08:50 +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 23:31 -0700, Jerry Huff wrote:
> > I am having a problem in restoring from WAL files. I have restored
> > from a dump file and trying to step through the WAL files.
>
> > PANIC: syntax error in history file: START WAL LOCATION: 2/5DC04228
> > (file 00000001000000020000005D)
>
> Please send the history file, plus give your best understanding of the
> previous history of this database's crashes/recoveries.
AFAICS the .history contains the same contents as a normal .backup file
would. Which is a little strange, so its either a definite bug or you're
manually editing/manipulating file contents, which is unlikely to
succeed.
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Simon Riggs
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