On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 7:40 AM, Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> wrote: > >> synchronous_standby_names='*' is prone to such confusion in general, but it >> seems that it's particularly surprising if a running pg_basebackup lets a >> commit in synchronous replication to proceed. Maybe we just need a warning >> in the docs. I think we should advise that synchronous_standby_names='*' is >> dangerous in general, and cite this as one reason for that. > > Hmm. i think this is common enough that we want to make sure we avoid > it in code. > > Could we pass a parameter from the client indicating to the master > that it refuses to be a sync slave? An optional keyword to the > START_REPLICATION command, perhaps? >
can't you execute "set synchronous_commit to off/local" for this connection? -- Jaime Casanova www.2ndQuadrant.com Professional PostgreSQL: Soporte 24x7 y capacitación -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers