Re: Need Force flag for pg_drop_replication_slot() - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: Need Force flag for pg_drop_replication_slot()
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Msg-id 20150529192741.GG26863@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: Need Force flag for pg_drop_replication_slot()  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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On 2015-05-29 12:08:24 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Now, BDR is good because it sets an application_name which lets me
> figure out what's using the replication slot.  But that's by no means
> required; other LC plug-ins, I expect, do not do so.  So there's no way
> for the user to figure out which replication connection relates to which
> slots, as far as I can tell.
> 
> In this test, it's easy because there's only one replication connection
> and one slot.  But imagine the case of 14 replication connections with
> their own slots.  How could you possibly figure out which one was the
> laggy one?

9.5 shows the pid.



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