Re: pg_system_identifier()

From: Jim Nasby <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>
To: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_system_identifier()
Date: 2013-08-28 23:58:49
Message-ID: 521E8EB9.3070908@nasby.net
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On 8/26/13 8:48 AM, Fujii Masao wrote:
>>> I think it's also noteworthy that Slony and londiste both rely on the user
>>> >>specifying node identifiers. They don't try to be magic about it. I think
>>> >>there's 2 advantages there:
>>> >>
>>> >>- Code is simpler
>>> >>- Users can choose a naming schema that makes sense for them
>> >Definitely agreed on that.
> A user can already specify the unique standby name by using
> application_name in primary_conninfo. So, the remaining thing
> that we should do is to expose the primary_conninfo, i.e.,
> commit the merge-recovery.conf-into-postgresql.conf patch ;P

Is uniqueness actually enforced there? I believe that was part of the original problem...
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Jim C. Nasby, Data Architect jim(at)nasby(dot)net
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