On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 10:27 PM, <sahapa...@gmail.com> wrote: > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/libpq-connect.html > Description: > > The documentation refers the libpq connection option "replication" > here in > "Streaming Replication Protocol" page; > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/protocol-replication.html > > However the option "replication" is not clarified (or even listed) > in libpq > options page. > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-PARAMKEYWORDS > > I searched the source and find that pg_conn struct has this > > struct pg_conn > { > ... > char *replication; /* connect as the replication standby? */ > ... > } > > Adding something simple like above and referring back to one of replication > pages would be good I think.
Yeah, it is mainly a developer option which is why I guess it is not documented. Like you, I think it should be added as part of the connection parameter, and mentioned it a couple of days back: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAB7nPqQAtKfG3H%2BuK11JNivtJtZYE9yVCrPuejRMjp8tUDe0nQ%40mail.gmail.com -- Michael
