On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:33:26AM +0530, Amit Kapila wrote: > > From: pgsql-hackers-ow...@postgresql.org > [mailto:pgsql-hackers-ow...@postgresql.org] > > On Behalf Of Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa > > > Please, stop arguing on all of this: I don't think that adding an > > option will hurt anybody (specially because the work was already done > > by someone), we are not asking to change how the things work, we just > > want an option to decided whether we want it to freeze on standby > > disconnection, or if we want it to continue automatically... is that > > asking so much? > > I think this kind of decision should be done from outside utility or > scripts. > It would be better if from outside it can be detected that stand-by is down > during sync replication, and send command to master to change its mode or > change settings appropriately without stopping master. > Putting this kind of more and more logic into replication code will make it > more cumbersome.
We certainly would need something external to inform administrators that the system is no longer synchronous. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers