Robert Haas wrote:
> I kind of agree with Simon on this one, except I would probably choose
> to have just on and off and make on work like his auto.
>
> In other words, recovery_connections=on means, give me recovery
> connections if possible, otherwise don't worry about it.
If you're setting up a reporting server, and hot standby can't start,
the server is not functioning properly. I would like to get an error in
that case.
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