Re: Introduce MIN/MAX aggregate functions to pg_lsn - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 5:17 AM Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jul 02, 2019 at 11:31:49AM -0300, Fabrízio de Royes Mello wrote:
> > New version attached.
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> This looks in pretty good shape to me, and no objections from me to
> get those functions as the min() flavor is useful for monitoring WAL
> retention for complex deployments.
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> Do you have a particular use-case in mind for max() one?  I can think
> of at least one case: monitoring the flush LSNs of a set of standbys
> to find out how much has been replayed at most.
>

I use min/max to measure the amount of generated WAL (diff) during some periods based on wal position stored in some monitoring system. 

Regards,