Re: Configuring synchronous replication

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-09-18T22:20:47Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
> There are considerable benefits to having a standby registry with a
> table-like interface.  Particularly, one where we could change
> replication via UPDATE (or ALTER STANDBY) statements.

I think that using a system catalog for this is going to be a
non-starter, but we could use a flat file that is designed to be
machine-editable (and thus avoid repeating the mistake we've made with
postgresql.conf).

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Robert Haas
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