Re: Parameter name standby_mode

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Joachim Wieland <joe(at)mcknight(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Parameter name standby_mode
Date: 2010-02-12 06:19:34
Message-ID: 4B74F2F6.6010000@enterprisedb.com
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Fujii Masao wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Heikki Linnakangas
> <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>> If they want to implement the warm standby using the (new) built-in
>> logic to keep retrying restore_command, they would set
>> standby_mode='on'. standby_mode='on' doesn't imply streaming replication.
>
> But if we fail in restoring the archived WAL file, "standby_mode = on"
> *always* tries to start streaming replication.

Hmm, somehow I thought it doesn't if you don't set primary_conninfo. I
think that's the way it should work, ie. if primary_conninfo is not set,
don't launch walreceiver but just keep trying to restore from the archive.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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