diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml index c938db435e5759ac2f9572e91115679adf799c09..9888de01932de3140e9768e4de6f2f13fa82badd 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml,v 1.29 2004/08/08 04:34:43 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml,v 1.30 2004/11/15 04:35:57 neilc Exp $ --> <chapter id="wal"> <title>Write-Ahead Logging (<acronym>WAL</acronym>)</title> @@ -104,17 +104,17 @@ </para> <para> - <firstterm>Checkpoints</firstterm><indexterm><primary>checkpoint</></> are points in the sequence of - transactions at which it is guaranteed that the data files have - been updated with all information logged before the checkpoint. At - checkpoint time, all dirty data pages are flushed to disk and a - special checkpoint record is written to the log file. As result, in - the event of a crash, the recoverer knows from what point in the - log (known as the redo record) it should start the REDO operation, - since any changes made to data files before that record are already - on disk. After a checkpoint has been made, any log segments written - before the redo record are no longer needed and can be recycled or - removed. (When <acronym>WAL</acronym> archiving is being done, the + <firstterm>Checkpoints</firstterm><indexterm><primary>checkpoint</></> + are points in the sequence of transactions at which it is guaranteed + that the data files have been updated with all information logged before + the checkpoint. At checkpoint time, all dirty data pages are flushed to + disk and a special checkpoint record is written to the log file. As a + result, in the event of a crash, the crash recovery procedure knows from + what point in the log (known as the redo record) it should start the + REDO operation, since any changes made to data files before that point + are already on disk. After a checkpoint has been made, any log segments + written before the redo record are no longer needed and can be recycled + or removed. (When <acronym>WAL</acronym> archiving is being done, the log segments must be archived before being recycled or removed.) </para>