On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 8:25 AM, Elvis Pranskevichus <elpr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:50:38 PM EDT Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> On 3/17/17 13:56, Elvis Pranskevichus wrote: >> > Currently, clients wishing to know when the server exits hot standby >> > have to resort to polling, which is often suboptimal. >> > >> > This adds the new "in_hot_standby" GUC variable that is reported via >> > a ParameterStatus message. >> >> The terminology chosen here is not very clear. What is the opposite >> of "in hot standby"? Warm standby? Cold standby? Not standby at >> all? Promoted to primary (writable)? > > The opposite means primary. I can flip the GUC name to "is_primary", if > that's clearer.
Hmm, I don't find that clearer. "hot standby" has a very specific meaning; "primary" isn't vague, but I would say it's less specific. -- 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
