Re: how critical is WAL

> > Indexes could get corrupt, requiring rebuilding.
> > That problem is gone
> > with WAL.  Transaction commits where always safe.
> >
>
> Thanks. I was specifically asking about Result '3'
> above mentions 'totally corrupted table page content
> because of partially written data pages' . Is this
> also repairable ?

I never heard of that happening to anyone.

--
  Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us
  pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610) 853-3000
  +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  830 Blythe Avenue
  +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026