Re: pending patch: Re: Streaming replication and pg_xlogfile_name()

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pending patch: Re: Streaming replication and pg_xlogfile_name()
Date: 2010-04-06 14:48:55
Message-ID: 4BBB49D7.8020804@enterprisedb.com
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Fujii Masao wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>> Should we throw an error in pg_xlogfile_name() if called during
>>> recovery? It's not doing anything useful as it is.
>> I have no objection for now.
>
> Here is the patch.
> ...
> + if (RecoveryInProgress())
> + ereport(ERROR,
> + (errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
> + errmsg("recovery is in progress"),
> + errhint("WAL control functions cannot be executed during recovery.")));
> +

The hint is a bit confusing for pg_xlogfile_name(). pg_xlogfile_name()
is hardly a WAL control function like pg_start/stop_backup() are. How
about "pg_xlogfile_name() cannot be executed during recovery."?

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

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