On 2013-08-22 08:45:38 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote: > All, > > Vik's feature would be useful for detecting an accidental split in a > replication cluster. That is, it would be another tool for detecting if > you've made a mistake and created two masters. So +1 from me. > > It will also be useful for me for sharding. Right now, I'm doing a > hackish version of Vik's function, so I'd be glad to have it in core. > > However, given that the value is the same for all servers in a > replication set, are we sure we want to call it system_identifier? Is > there a better name?
Given it's been named that and visible via pg_controldata for years I am against introducing confusion by renaming it. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
