| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Proposal for changes to recovery.conf API |
| Date: | 2017-01-03 16:47:04 |
| Message-ID: | CA+TgmoYwqv1PyhUTF_sFXmHPxUo=VdZW6dXia7dtNr4FQW4pDA@mail.gmail.com |
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On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> On 3 January 2017 at 15:50, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 4:14 PM, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>>> Trying to fit recovery targets into one parameter was really not
>>> feasible, though I tried.
>>
>> What was the problem?
>
> There are 5 different parameters that affect the recovery target, 3 of
> which are optional. That is much more complex than the two compulsory
> parameters suggested when the proposal was made and in my view tips
> the balance over the edge into pointlessness. Michael's suggestion for
> 2 parameters works well for this case.
I still think merging recovery_target_type and recovery_target_value
into a single parameter could make sense, never mind the other three.
But I don't really want to argue about it any more.
--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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