Re: Doc: fix the note related to the GUC "synchronized_standby_slots"

Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>

From: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
To: Masahiro.Ikeda@nttdata.com
Cc: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org, Masao.Fujii@nttdata.com
Date: 2024-08-27T08:45:05Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 10:18 AM <Masahiro.Ikeda@nttdata.com> wrote:
>
> > I think you see such a behavior because you have disabled 'synchronized_standby_slots'
> > in your script (# disable "synchronized_standby_slots"). You need to enable that to
> > avoid data loss. Considering that, I don't think your proposed text is an improvement.
> Yes, I know.
>
> As David said, "without losing data" makes me confused because there are three patterns that users
> think the data was lost though there may be other cases.
>

So, will it be okay if we just remove ".. without losing data" from
the sentence? Will that avoid the confusion you have?

With Regards,
Amit Kapila.



Commits

  1. Doc: Fix the ambiguity in the description of failover slots.