Re: New trigger option of pg_standby

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From: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
To: Guillaume Smet <guillaume.smet@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Cc: Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: New trigger option of pg_standby
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:09:24 +0000
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On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 13:19 +0100, Guillaume Smet wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> > Simon Riggs wrote:
> >>
> >> If we go with this, I would suggest we make *neither* the default by
> >> removing -t, and adopting two new options: something like -f == fast
> >> failover, -p == patient failover.
> >
> > -m smart|fast|immediate :-)
> 
> The advantage of having 2 options (or the ability to put a string
> value in the trigger file) is that you can choose the behaviour when
> you need to trigger it (you just have to use the 2 options with 2
> different filenames). I don't think it's the case with your proposal.

Yes, sorry. I meant we should use the naming Peter suggests.

So we would have two triggers, but call them fast and smart, rather than
fast and patient.

-- 
 Simon Riggs           www.2ndQuadrant.com
 PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support

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