Re: postgres xlog crashes - recovery procedure

On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 01:47:40PM -0500, Alexander Korobov wrote:
>
> I'm aware of contrib/pg_resetxlog but this does not seem to be reliable tool.

It's as reliable as it can be, as far as I know.  There is the
potential for data loss, but that's the problem with having lost your
WAL.

> Are there any postgres specific recovery procedures and /or documentation on how
> to prevent such situations?

The recovery in this case is pg_resetxlog.  As for prevention, it
depends on what happened.  Any ideas?

A

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