Re: libpq options

From: Petr Jelinek <petr(dot)jelinek(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Petr Jelinek <petr(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: sahapasci(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: libpq options
Date: 2018-03-02 09:44:13
Message-ID: e2c073c5-8ed6-5cdb-e390-678a2026a4f1@2ndquadrant.com
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On 01/03/18 10:35, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2017-11-25 19:05:54 +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> + <varlistentry id="libpq-connect-replication" xreflabel="replication">
>> + <term><literal>replication</literal></term>
>> + <listitem>
>> + <para>
>> + This option determines if a backend should use the replication
>> + protocol.
>
> "should"? The backend will, and the client will have to do so as well.
>

I think so as well.

>
>> A Boolean value of <literal>true</literal> tells the backend
>> + to go into walsender mode, wherein a small set of replication commands
>> + can be issued instead of SQL statements.
>
> This actually is wrong now I think. Petr?
>

If the replication is true, we don't have database connection so only
replication commands can be executed.

SQL commands work when replication is set to database.

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