Re: Does the JDBC connection failover require Postgres 10?

David G. Johnston schrieb am 03.11.2017 um 15:19:
> On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 4:53 AM, Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net <mailto:spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net>>wrote:
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> The Postgres JDBC driver offers a way to specify multiple hosts in the connection URL:
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> https://jdbc.postgresql.org/documentation/head/connect.html#connection-failover
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> However, it is unclear to me if that feature relies on the libpq feature introduced in Postgres 10:
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> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq-connect.html#libpq-multiple-hosts
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> or if this is handled by the driver internally?
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>
> ​In short, it is handled by the driver internally.​
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> There is no server support (which make sense given failure to connect
> would preclude the presence of a server) in the libpq implementation
> of this behavior - i.e., its not a protocol thing but a client
> implementation. The JDBC driver does not utilize libpq at all, it
> directly implements the PostgreSQL communication protocol.
>
> David J.

Thanks, apparently I mis-read the release notes