On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 17:35, Heikki Linnakangas <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09.02.2012 15:14, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> >> Have pg_receivexlog always send an invalid log position in status messages >> >> This prevents pg_basebackup and pg_receivexlog from becoming a synchronous >> standby in case 'write' is used for synchronous_commit. > > > It's not completely crazy to use pg_receivexlog as a synchronous standby. It > provides the zero-loss property like a real standby does, ie. if the master > dies after sending the WAL to pg_receivexlog, that transaction is safe in > the archive.
Yes, but as I stated in the email in the thread that the patch was posted in, I think this should not be the default behaviour, but it should be available as a commandline option, or something along that line. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-committers mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-committers
