Commit f5ab01ad authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

WAL file numbers: Sequenatial -> ever-increasing

parent 3c177edc
<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml,v 1.9 2001/09/09 23:52:12 petere Exp $ --> <!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml,v 1.10 2001/09/22 03:59:17 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="wal"> <chapter id="wal">
<title>Write-Ahead Logging (<acronym>WAL</acronym>)</title> <title>Write-Ahead Logging (<acronym>WAL</acronym>)</title>
...@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ ...@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
divided into 8 kB pages. The log record headers are described in divided into 8 kB pages. The log record headers are described in
<filename>access/xlog.h</filename>; record content is dependent on <filename>access/xlog.h</filename>; record content is dependent on
the type of event that is being logged. Segment files are given the type of event that is being logged. Segment files are given
sequential numbers as names, starting at ever-increasing numbers as names, starting at
<filename>0000000000000000</filename>. The numbers do not wrap, at <filename>0000000000000000</filename>. The numbers do not wrap, at
present, but it should take a very long time to exhaust the present, but it should take a very long time to exhaust the
available stock of numbers. available stock of numbers.
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