On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > On 3/22/17 14:09, Robert Haas wrote: >>> The opposite means primary. I can flip the GUC name to "is_primary", if >>> that's clearer. >> Hmm, I don't find that clearer. "hot standby" has a very specific >> meaning; "primary" isn't vague, but I would say it's less specific. > > The problem I have is that there is already a GUC named "hot_standby", > which determines whether an instance is in hot (as opposed to warm?) > mode if it is a standby. This is proposing to add a setting named > "in_hot_standby" which says nothing about the hotness, but something > about the standbyness. Note that these are all in the same namespace.
Good point. > I think we could use "in_recovery", which would be consistent with > existing naming. True. (Jaime's question is also on point, I think.) -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
