Re: Proper use of pg_xlog_location_diff() - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Jim Nasby
Subject Re: Proper use of pg_xlog_location_diff()
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Msg-id 54B8C020.6060902@BlueTreble.com
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In response to Re: Proper use of pg_xlog_location_diff()  (Fabio Ugo Venchiarutti <fabio@vuole.me>)
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On 1/15/15 8:41 PM, Fabio Ugo Venchiarutti wrote:
> Does it mean that pg_last_xlog_receive_location() returns the last WAL record that has been successfully "staged for
replay"by the stream replication whereas pg_last_xlog_replay_location() returns the last successful WAL replay
regardlessof it coming from streaming or archive shipping? 
> As in 2 different stages the first of which is basically irrelevant to record visibility?

(At least in -HEAD) receive is what's been committed to disk; replay is what's actually been replayed and should be
visible.
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Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting
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