]> granicus.if.org Git - postgresql/commitdiff
Improve error message when WAL ends before reaching end of online backup.
authorHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:09:49 +0000 (10:09 +0300)
committerHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:09:49 +0000 (10:09 +0300)
src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c

index c255691918de23e61e26f9ca8080c8a7605e4820..b22e498f8b50a8d4c212f0637862e81cc92cd7e2 100644 (file)
@@ -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")));
        }