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From: Ray Stell <stellr@cns.vt.edu>
To: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
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Subject: Re: standby waiting for what?
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On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 08:31:16PM +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> You've set archive_timeout?
> 

no, but new WAL files seem to be getting created and replicated to the standby, just the pg_standby
command seems snagged on something.   I probably have done something dumb, ready, fire, aim.  I'm 
more interested in how to analyze the state.  Thanks.