Ben Carbery wrote: > Thanks for the responses all, I have this working now. I had to create a > base backup before copying to the standby for replication to start, but the > main sticking point was actually understanding the terms and concepts > involved.. > > I think the Binary Replication Tutorial page on the wiki basically explains > everything. Unfortunately the actual pg manual is still about as clear as > mud even though I now have a vague idea of how this all works. I think this > is worth mentioning given the majority of the pg manual is actually of an > unusually high standard - probably among the best technical manuals I have > read in terms of being both comprehensive and concise, so it's a shame that > this section doesn't meet that standard (IMO). Hopefully this will get a > rewrite at some point! Can you give some concrete suggestions on what needs to be added? The current documentation is here: http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/index.html -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
