For what i understand, the WAL files only record changes to the database, so each WAL segment is absolutely different from the previous one. As a matter of fact, each WAL file is the incremental backup you want to make (provided you have already taken a base or level 0 backup). On Monday 12 February 2007 13:42, pedro noticioso wrote: > hi there > > I lightly read this > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/backup-online.html > > and am interested in creating an incremental backup of > WAL files, but my database is small so each of this > WAL files must be almost identical to the previous > one. > > Is there a way to incrementally backup so that it > takes less space? > > thanks! > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ >_________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. > Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and > hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly -- Eduardo J. Ortega - Linux user #222873 "No fake - I'm a big fan of konqueror, and I use it for everything." -- Linus Torvalds
