On Dec 30, 2010, at 4:03 AM, Imre Oolberg wrote: > 3. issued pg_start_backup('test') while script is still running Well, yeah. Your procedure is going to get you a consistent snapshot of the state of the database when you issued that command. -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.elevated-dev.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin