On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 11:47:11AM +0100, postgres@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to the list, and I'm intereted in PostgreSQL replication (using WAL) > As I didn't find any script to do that, I make mine, that seems to work. > > However, I wonder how can I "switch WAL logs", in order to have the standby > database not too much late. > The database actually generates few logs, and I would like one WAL to be > generated once per hour. > > How Can I do that ? You can't. What you can do is copy the most recently touched log file as often as you'd like. That will limit your data loss should you need to fail-over. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461