Re: Streaming replication status

Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 17:33 +0900, Fujii Masao wrote:
> 
> > I added two new functions;
> > 
> > (1) pg_last_xlog_receive_location() reports the last WAL location received
> >     and synced by walreceiver. If streaming replication is still in progress
> >     this will increase monotonically. If streaming replication has completed
> >     then this value will remain static at the value of the last WAL record
> >     received and synced. When the server has been started without a streaming
> >     replication then the return value will be InvalidXLogRecPtr (0/0).
> > 
> > (2) pg_last_xlog_replay_location() reports the last WAL location replayed
> >     during recovery. If recovery is still in progress this will increase
> >     monotonically. If recovery has completed then this value will remain
> >     static at the value of the last WAL record applied. When the server has
> >     been started normally without a recovery then the return value will be
> >     InvalidXLogRecPtr (0/0).
> 
> I just noticed that these functions have almost the same name as
> functions I wrote for Hot Standby and Heikki removed from that patch.
> The function code and docs are 99% identical.
> 
> I'm happy that the code was used and it is BSD, though it does seem
> strange to have this credited to others in the release notes.

Sorry, release notes updated:
             Add <link
linkend="functions-recovery-info-table"><function>pg_last_xlog_receive_location()</></link>            and
<function>pg_last_xlog_replay_location()</>,which             can be used to monitor standby server <acronym>WAL</>
       activity (Simon)
 

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