pg_resetxlog output clarification

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:

What do these output lines in pg_resetxlog of 8.3 mean?
First log file ID for new XLOG:
First log file segment for new XLOG:
What does it mean to have a "new XLOG"?

Why does that wording surprise you? pg_resetxlog is for wiping out
your xlog and starting fresh, no?

regards, tom lane

On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 12:33 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:

What do these output lines in pg_resetxlog of 8.3 mean?
First log file ID for new XLOG:
First log file segment for new XLOG:
What does it mean to have a "new XLOG"?

Why does that wording surprise you? pg_resetxlog is for wiping out
your xlog and starting fresh, no?

Perhaps "after reset" would be better than "for new XLOG".

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Simon Riggs
2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com

Am Dienstag, 25. September 2007 schrieb Simon Riggs:

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:

First log file ID for new XLOG:
First log file segment for new XLOG:

Perhaps "after reset" would be better than "for new XLOG".

I like this better. I have made the change.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/