On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 12:32 +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > 1. The XLogFlush() call you added to dbase_redo doesn't help where it > is. You need to call XLogFlush() after the *commit* record of the DROP > DATABASE. The idea is minimize the window where the files have already > been deleted but the entry in pg_database is still visible, if someone > kills the standby and starts it up as a new master. This isn't really > hot standby's fault, you have the same window with PITR, so I think it > would be better to handle this as a separate patch. Also, please handle > all the commands that use ForceSyncCommit().
I think I'll just add a flag to the commit record to do this. That way anybody that sets ForceSyncCommit will do as you propose. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
