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| author | Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> | 2019-01-11 10:25:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> | 2019-01-11 11:02:03 +0100 |
| commit | ff85306055ede1fbca86ca4dfc4d48172342462b (patch) | |
| tree | a92ffefd5aab8c6fccb1d15f666490851b11b172 /doc/src | |
| parent | 43cbedab8ff1eef4088807ffc1a64a107de67af6 (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-ff85306055ede1fbca86ca4dfc4d48172342462b.tar.gz postgresql-ff85306055ede1fbca86ca4dfc4d48172342462b.zip | |
Add value 'current' for recovery_target_timeline
This value represents the default behavior of using the current
timeline. Previously, this was represented by an empty string.
(Before the removal of recovery.conf, this setting could not be chosen
explicitly but was used when recovery_target_timeline was not
mentioned at all.)
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/6dd2c23a-4162-8469-410f-bfe146e28c0c@2ndquadrant.com/
Reviewed-by: David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index 5d723f39212..f64402adbe1 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -3350,9 +3350,11 @@ restore_command = 'copy "C:\\server\\archivedir\\%f" "%p"' # Windows </term> <listitem> <para> - Specifies recovering into a particular timeline. The default is - to recover along the same timeline that was current when the - base backup was taken. Setting this to <literal>latest</literal> recovers + Specifies recovering into a particular timeline. The value can be a + numeric timeline ID or a special value. The value + <literal>current</literal> recovers along the same timeline that was + current when the base backup was taken. That is the default. The + value <literal>latest</literal> recovers to the latest timeline found in the archive, which is useful in a standby server. Other than that you only need to set this parameter in complex re-recovery situations, where you need to return to |