Re: [HACKERS] make async slave to wait for lsn to be replayed

Intro
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The main purpose of the feature is to achieve
read-your-writes-consistency, while using async replica for reads and
primary for writes. In that case lsn of last modification is stored
inside application. We cannot store this lsn inside database, since
reads are distributed across all replicas and primary.

Procedure style implementation
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https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/27171.1586439221%40sss.pgh.pa.us
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20210121.173009.235021120161403875.horikyota.ntt%40gmail.com

CALL pg_wait_lsn(‘LSN’, timeout);

Examples
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primary standby
------- --------
postgresql.conf
recovery_min_apply_delay = 10s

CREATE TABLE tbl AS SELECT generate_series(1,10) AS a;
INSERT INTO tbl VALUES (generate_series(11, 20));
SELECT pg_current_wal_lsn();

CALL pg_wait_lsn('0/3002AE8', 10000);
BEGIN;
SELECT * FROM tbl; // read fresh insertions
COMMIT;

Fixed and ready to review.

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Ivan Kartyshov
Postgres Professional: www.postgrespro.com