Re: BAcking up a Postgres Database

On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 08:57:26AM -0600, Tim White wrote:
> In Oracle, you restore the data files from a previous backup and then
> re-apply the transaction (archive)
> logs, a process called "rolling forward", then you can open the database
> for use, and it is in the state
> just prior to the failure.  I've seen some creative dialogue on this list

And where do you get this transaction log?

hmmmm
let me guess:

From a backup?

mrc
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