On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 09:57 -0400, George Wilk wrote: > Thanks, Simon. I will ignore the request for the history file in my > recovery_command from now on. > > Is the timeline history file needed when trying to put the standby server > back into the recovery mode, after it assumed the primary role? (i.e. > standby server goes *live*, and is subsequently restarted in the recovery > mode). No, not needed. -- Simon Riggs EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com