Re: pg_primary_conninfo - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> Attached patch implements a function called pg_primary_conninfo() that
> returns, well, the primary_conninfo used on the standby when in
> streaming replication mode (otherwise NULL).

> Objections?

What's the use case?  And aren't there security reasons to NOT expose
that?  It might contain a password for instance.

> +     if (recptr.xlogid == 0 && recptr.xrecoff == 0 && conninfo[0] != '\0')
> +         PG_RETURN_NULL();

This test seems a bit incoherent.
        regards, tom lane