Re: HS/SR and smart shutdown

Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>

From: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-03-04T17:39:02Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yes. More precisely, smart shutdown during recovery does not complete
>> until recovery ends.
>
> Well, I don't think we should let smart shutdown just never terminate
> when standby_mode = on.  That's really a minefield for the unwary.  I
> think we either need to make it work, or somehow give the user an
> error that says "try a different shutdown mode".

It also seems dangerous to let someone think they have a standby
database ready to go and the minute they need it -- it shuts down....


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greg