Re: timestamp of the last replayed transaction - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Fujii Masao
Subject Re: timestamp of the last replayed transaction
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Msg-id AANLkTimc1-29eiwWbFCZohmXYOOPG1r0Z4k8Y=baKwzR@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: timestamp of the last replayed transaction  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> This looks good, but how about adding:
>
> if (!RecoveryInProgress())
>    PG_RETURN_NULL();
>
> Otherwise, if we're in Hot Standby mode for a while and then enter
> normal running, wouldn't this still return a (stale) value?

Yes, but isn't that (stale) value useful to check how far WAL records
have been replayed, *after failover*?

Regards,

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Fujii Masao
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
NTT Open Source Software Center


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