On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Bob Hatfield <bobhatfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Should replication cause corruption on the secondary when stopping/starting > the primary? (pg 8.3.12, windows 2008 R2 on both servers) No, it shouldn't. Any duplicate keys would represent a serious error. It sounds like you're using warm standby, but when you say run pg_start_backup() AFTER each nightly backup I admit to being confused. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general