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authorHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>2011-03-31 10:09:49 +0300
committerHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>2011-03-31 10:09:49 +0300
commit1f0bab8494f7734e26b76fe34599c7763c8753a1 (patch)
treef89ac8b0d332064f0ec2d9ea6658f63614a2df92 /src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
parentda3418cea9bd10e9ea3489b42f6278772942e745 (diff)
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Improve error message when WAL ends before reaching end of online backup.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c')
-rw-r--r--src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index c255691918d..b22e498f8b5 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -6616,7 +6616,12 @@ StartupXLOG(void)
if (reachedStopPoint) /* stopped because of stop request */
ereport(FATAL,
(errmsg("requested recovery stop point is before consistent recovery point")));
- else /* ran off end of WAL */
+ /* ran off end of WAL */
+ if (!XLogRecPtrIsInvalid(ControlFile->backupStartPoint))
+ ereport(FATAL,
+ (errmsg("WAL ends before end of online backup"),
+ errhint("Online backup started with pg_start_backup() must be ended with pg_stop_backup(), and all WAL up to that point must be available at recovery.")));
+ else
ereport(FATAL,
(errmsg("WAL ends before consistent recovery point")));
}