This allows us to see what mode the server is in before it starts to
perform actions that can block or hang. Otherwise server messages
may not appear until after messages that say FATAL the database
server is starting up.
Windows, thanks to a feature in CRT called Parameter Validation.
Backpatch to 8.2, which is the oldest version supported on Windows. In
8.2 and 8.3 also backpatch the earlier change to use DEVNULL instead of
NULL_DEV #define for a /dev/null-like device. NULL_DEV was hard-coded to
"/dev/null" regardless of platform, which didn't work on Windows, while
DEVNULL works on all platforms. Restarting syslogger didn't work on
Windows on versions 8.3 and below because of that.
The error message now makes explicit reference to the GUC that must be changed
to fix the problem, using wording suggested by Tom Lane. Along the way,
rename the GUC from MaxWalSenders to max_wal_senders for consistency and
grep-ability.
loop in standby mode, trying to restore from archive, pg_xlog and
streaming.
Move sections around to make the high availability chapter more
coherent: the most prominent part is now a "Log-Shipping Standby Servers"
section that describes what a standby server is (like the old
"Warm Standby Servers for High Availability" section), and how to
set up a warm standby server, including streaming replication, using the
built-in standby mode. The pg_standby method is desribed in another
section called "Alternative method for log shipping", with the added
caveat that it doesn't work with streaming replication.
constraint exclusion on an inheritance set that is the target of an UPDATE
or DELETE query. Per gripe from Marc Cousin. Back-patch to 8.4 where
the feature was introduced.
pg_xlog directory. This is essential for replaying WAL records that
were streamed from the master, after a standby server restart.
If a corrupt record is seen in a file restored from the archive or
streamed from the master, log it as a WARNING and keep retrying. If the
corruption is permanent, and not just a glitch in the whatever copies the
files to the archive or a network error not caught by CRC checks in TCP
for example, we will keep retrying and logging the WARNING indefinitely.
But that's better than shutting down completely, the standby is still
useful for running read-only queries. In PITR the recovery ends at such a
corrupt record, which is a bit questionable, but that's the behavior we
had in previous releases and we don't feel like chaning it now. It does
make sense for tools like pg_standby.
It is no longer installed by default, but included in "make world"/"make
install-world". Documentation updated accordingly.
Also, fix vpathsearch function to work when calling make install-docs
without previous make docs.
example to 'on or 'off' rather than 'true' or 'false', as shown
in docs. Add restartpoint_command. Add section header for recovery
target parameters, matching docs.
WAL record for btree delete contains a list of tids, even when backup
blocks are present. We follow the tids to their heap tuples, taking
care to follow LP_REDIRECT tuples. We ignore LP_DEAD tuples on the
understanding that they will always have xmin/xmax earlier than any
LP_NORMAL tuples referred to by killed index tuples. Iff all tuples
are LP_DEAD we return InvalidTransactionId. The heap relfilenode is
added to the WAL record, requiring API changes to pass down the heap
Relation. XLOG_PAGE_MAGIC updated.
unsatisfiable query, such as indexcol && empty_array. It should return -1
to tell GIN no scan is required; but silly typo disabled the logic for that,
resulting in unnecessary "GIN indexes do not support whole-index scans" error.
Per bug report from Jeff Trout.
Back-patch to 8.3 where the logic was introduced.
by a superuser -- "ALTER USER f RESET setting" already disallows removing such a
setting.
Apply the same treatment to ALTER DATABASE d RESET ALL when run by a database
owner that's not superuser.
doing nothing, caused by naptime specified in milliseconds yet units of
pg_usleep() parameter is microseconds. Correctly specifying units
reduces call frequency by 1000. Reduction in CPU consumption verified.
Simon Riggs