On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > On 4 December 2014 at 03:08, Fujii Masao <masao.fu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> #1. set up and start the master and standby servers with >> track_commit_timestamp disabled >> #2. enable track_commit_timestamp in the master and restart the master >> #3. run some write transactions >> #4. enable track_commit_timestamp in the standby and restart the standby >> #5. execute "select pg_xact_commit_timestamp('1000'::xid)" in the standby > > I'm not sure what step4 is supposed to do? > > Surely if steps 1-3 generate any WAL then the standby should replay > it, whether or not track_commit_timestamp is enabled. > > So what effect does setting that parameter on the standby?
At least track_commit_timestamp seems to need to be enabled even in the standby when we want to call pg_xact_commit_timestamp() and pg_last_committed_xact() in the standby. I'm not sure if this is good design, though. Regards, -- Fujii Masao -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers