On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 13:26 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Joshua D. Drake <j...@commandprompt.com> > > wrote: > >> On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 13:00 -0400, Robert Haas wrote: > >>> But it CAN'T be a system catalog, because, among other problems, that > >>> rules out cascading slaves, which are a feature a lot of people > >>> probably want to eventually have. > >> > >> I guarantee you there is a way around the cascade slave problem. > > > And that would be...? > > Indeed. If it's a catalog then it has to be exactly the same on the > master and every slave; which is probably a constraint we don't want > for numerous reasons, not only cascade arrangements.
Unless I am missing something the catalog only needs information for its specific cluster. E.g; My Master is, I am master for. Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering http://twitter.com/cmdpromptinc | http://identi.ca/commandprompt -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
