On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Tom Lane
<tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
I can see the point of, say, a primary_host_address() function returning
inet, which would be way better on both those dimensions than the
current proposal. But I'm not sure what else would be needed.
+1, since it bypasses security risks associated with exposing username/password.
Ability to see port number will be a useful addition.
Another case to consider is what if slave is connected to a local server over unix-domain sockets? Returning NULL might make it ambiguous with the case where the instance has been promoted out of standby.
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