On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 15:24 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Why is it not allowed to call pg_start_backup when WAL archiving is off? > Wouldn't this be useful as a discrete file system backup without PITR > capability? I'm submitting a patch today that better describes PITR facilities for making a standalone backup. -- Simon Riggs 2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org