On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:39:26AM +0100, Andres Freund wrote: > On 2015-03-16 07:52:20 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote: > > On 15 March 2015 at 22:38, Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > > > > > Sorry, I don't buy this. If I have "recovery_target_action = 'pause'" in > > > the config file, I want it to pause. > > > > You want it to enter a state where you cannot perform any action other > > than shutdown? > > > > Why would anyone want that? > > You actually still could promote. But I'd be perfectly happy if postgres > said > ERROR: recovery_target_action = 'pause' in "%s" cannot be used without > hot_standby > DETAIL: Recovery pauses cannot be resumed without SQL level access. > HINT: Configure hot_standby and try again. > > or something roughly like that. If postgres tells me what to change to > achieve what I want, I have a much higher chance of getting > there. Especially if it just does something else otherwise.
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