On 22 January 2018 at 23:21, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
>> It sounds reasonable. I can offer the following version.
>>
>> WAIT LSN lsn_number;
>> WAIT LSN lsn_number TIMEOUT delay;
>> WAIT LSN lsn_number INFINITE;
>> WAIT LSN lsn_number NOWAIT;
>>
>>
>> WAIT [token] wait_value [option];
>>
>> token - [LSN, TIME | TIMESTAMP | CSN | XID]
>> option - [TIMEOUT | INFINITE | NOWAIT]
>>
>> Ready to listen to your suggestions.
>
> There were a few different suggestions made, but somehow this thread
> ended up in Needs Review again while still having LSNs. I've changed it
> back to Waiting for Author since it seems pretty unlikely that using LSN
> is going to be acceptable based on the feedback.
I agree with the need for a separate command rather than a function.
I agree that WAIT LSN is good syntax because this allows us to wait
for something else in future.
Without having reviewed the patch, I think we want this feature in PG11.
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