On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 10:57:24PM +0000, Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > Florian G. Pflug wrote: > >I plan to submit a proposal for implementing support for > >read-only queries during wal replay as a "Google Summer of Code 2007" > >project. > > > >I've been browsing the postgres source-code for the last few days, > >and came up with the following plan for a implementation. > > > >I'd be very interested in any feedback on the propsoal - especially > >of the "you overlooked this an that, it can never work that way" kind ;-) > > I had the same thought roughly two years ago: > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-11/msg01043.php > > People weren't very interested in having a read-only mode. I think it > would be a nice feature if it's not too complicated.
Every customer I've ever talked to about HA has either asked about it or thought it was a great idea. We should definitely do it if it's not a load of difficult.. -- Jim Nasby [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster