Re: display hot standby state in psql prompt

Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>

From: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>
To: Jim Jones <jim.jones@uni-muenster.de>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-06-25T15:17:54Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM Jim Jones <jim.jones@uni-muenster.de> wrote:

>     if (pset.db && PQparameterStatus(pset.db, "in_hot_standby"))
>

Seems transaction_read_only might be a more useful thing to examine? That's
the side-effect, if you will, that people really care about when in hot
standby mode (and of course, we can get into TRO other ways).

Cheers,
Greg

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