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Update pitr docs to mention inclusive/exclusive xid specification
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.44 2004/08/07 12:21:25 momjian Exp $
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.45 2004/08/07 18:07:46 momjian Exp $
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<chapter id="backup">
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<title>Backup and Restore</title>
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some previous point in time (say, right before the junior DBA dropped your
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main transaction table), just specify the required stopping point in
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<literal>recovery.conf</>. You can specify the stop point either by
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date/time or by transaction ID. As of this writing only the date/time
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option is very usable, since there are no tools to help you identify
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which transaction ID to use. Keep in mind that while transaction
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IDs are asigned sequentially at transaction start, transactions can
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complete in a different numeric order.
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date/time or completion of a specific transaction ID. The stop
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specification can be inclusive or exclusive. As of this writing
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only the date/time option is very usable, since there are no tools
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to help you identify which transaction ID to use. Keep in mind
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that while transaction IDs are asigned sequentially at transaction
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start, transactions can complete in a different numeric order.
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</para>
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<para>
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Note that the stop point must be after the ending time of the backup

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