Re: [HACKERS] Re: pgsql: Make CheckRequiredParameterValues() depend upon correct

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: pgsql: Make CheckRequiredParameterValues() depend upon correct
Date: 2010-04-23 21:32:13
Message-ID: 1272058333.4161.833.camel@ebony
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On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 16:44 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:

> There's no connection at all between what the GUC state
> was at shutdown and what it might be after starting again.
>
> A design that might work is
> (1) store the active value of wal_mode in pg_control (but NOT as part of
> the last-checkpoint-record image).
> (2) invent a new WAL record type that is transmitted when we change
> wal_mode.
>
> Then, slaves could check whether the master's wal_mode is high enough
> by looking at pg_control when they start plus any wal_mode_change
> records they come across.

Seems OK on standby side. On the primary there are some other points,
mentioned on other thread as to when we can change wal_mode.

> If we did this then we could get rid of those WAL record types that were
> added to signify that information had been omitted from WAL at specific
> times.

Please.

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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com

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