Re: recovering from backup + transaction log

On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 05:17:27PM +0000, Gary Stainburn wrote:
>
> Is it possible to recover a database from a dump + some form of
> transaction log, i.e. if I pg_dump on a nightly basis, and then at
> noon the database crashes, can I take the last dump and roll it
> forward from a log.

No.

> (Is this to do with the recent Point-in-time recovery, and if so,
> will we have to wait for 7.5?)

Yes.

A
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