On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Mikko Tiihonen <mikko.tiiho...@nitorcreations.com> wrote: > I would like allow specifying multiple host names for libpq to try to > connecting to. This is currently only supported if the host name resolves to > multiple addresses. Having the support for it without complex dns setup > would be much easier. > > Example: > > psql -h dbslave,dbmaster -p 5432 dbname > > psql 'postgresql://dbslave,dbmaster:5432/dbname' > > > Here the idea is that without any added complexity of pgbouncer or similar > tool I can get any libpq client to try connecting to multiple nodes until > one answers. I have added the similar functionality to the jdbc driver few > years ago.
I'm not sure if this exact idea is what we want to do, but I like the concept, and I think a lot of users would find it handy. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
