Re: Silly question about backups of live systems...

Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > Silly question. > > Suppose I have a large table and I'm backing it up for a point in time > archive. > > The back up is done on a live system, so you have people inserting rows > while the backup is running. > > Will those rows become part of the back up? > > An example... I start the back up at Midnight, and at 12:01, someone > inserts a record. > What happens? RTFM. For fuck's sake, for someone who claims to fucking know everything, that's a pretty trivial question. PS Short answer: no. -- Cheers, Obnoxio The Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com I will now proceed to pleasure myself with this fish. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.