Re: pg_ctl failover Re: Latches, signals, and waiting

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:40 AM, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 08:44, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>>>>>> I did s/failover/promote. Here is the updated patch.
>>>>>
>>>>> I rebased the patch to current git master.
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking about implementing a function which does a promotion for
>>>> the standby. It will make pgpool lot easier to control the promotion
>>>> since it allow to fire the promotion operation (either creating a
>>>> trigger file or sending a signal) via SQL, not ssh etc.
>>>
>>> I agree that having this available via SQL would be useful in a number
>>> of cases. pgpool or such being one, but also for example pgadmin.
>>
>> Agreed. I submitted the patch before, but I forgot to update it
>> and add it to CF.
>> http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/AANLkTimuHbxbuM+zLkaEX3aDqSeiMUE3xb4ww1QtsLmf@mail.gmail.com
>
> Great!

I hate to be a wet blanket, but the number of patches in this CF is
going the wrong direction.

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