On 9/10/2004 3:02 AM, Darcy Buskermolen wrote:

> On September 9, 2004 11:26 pm, Hendrik Woltersdorf wrote:
>> Hi Ed,
>>
>> But it's easy to build a slon deamon that does not do the initial delete
>> and copy (controlled by a command line option). That way I can do the sync
>> any way I like, subscribe without copying and restart the slon without the
>> "do not copy"  flag. It's also a work around for removing a table from a
>> set.
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Hendrik Woltersdorf
>> (source code for that hack is available)
> 
> I wouldn't mind seeing this hack. and if it looks to be massageable into 
> something bullet proof, I'd like to be the one to get it into the tree.

Me neither. Although Slony-I is designed to do "hot-join" (initial sync 
against a live updated database), it does strike me as a good idea to 
allow for this sort of "cold-start" as well.


Jan

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