Re: walreceiver fallback_application_name

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: walreceiver fallback_application_name
Date: 2011-01-17 02:16:55
Message-ID: AANLkTi=thPbr7Tr8pg21fdT53avNcDa87Cy9mAFbuMw_@mail.gmail.com
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On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Dimitri Fontaine
<dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr> wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
>> Is "walreceiver" something that "the average DBA" is going to realize
>> what it is? Perhaps go for something like "replication slave"?
>
> I think walreceiver is very good here, and the user is already
> confronted to such phrasing.
>
>  http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-MAX-WAL-SENDERS

I agree that walreceiver is a reasonable default to supply in this case.

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Robert Haas
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