On 2014-09-25 11:13:50 -0400, Robert Haas wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > >> To me, being able to say "pg_ctl promote_right_now -m yes_i_mean_it" > >> seems like a friendlier interface than making somebody shut down the > >> server, run pg_resetxlog, and start it up again. > > > > It makes sense to go from paused --> promoted. > > Well, we could certainly require that people call > pg_xlog_replay_pause() before they call pg_promote_now(). I don't > think I like that better, but it beats not having pg_promote_now().
FWIW I think it's a mistake to only allow this on a hot standby. This should be doable using pg_ctl alone. a) works with wal_level=archive, b) sometimes hot_standby=off is a good bit more efficient c) sometimes you don't want to allow connections. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
