On 22 January 2018 at 23:21, Stephen Frost <sfr...@snowman.net> wrote:
>> It sounds reasonable. I can offer the following version. >> >> WAIT LSN lsn_number; >> WAIT LSN lsn_number TIMEOUT delay; >> WAIT LSN lsn_number INFINITE; >> WAIT LSN lsn_number NOWAIT; >> >> >> WAIT [token] wait_value [option]; >> >> token - [LSN, TIME | TIMESTAMP | CSN | XID] >> option - [TIMEOUT | INFINITE | NOWAIT] >> >> Ready to listen to your suggestions. > > There were a few different suggestions made, but somehow this thread > ended up in Needs Review again while still having LSNs. I've changed it > back to Waiting for Author since it seems pretty unlikely that using LSN > is going to be acceptable based on the feedback. I agree with the need for a separate command rather than a function. I agree that WAIT LSN is good syntax because this allows us to wait for something else in future. Without having reviewed the patch, I think we want this feature in PG11. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services