Re: recovery_target_action = pause & hot_standby = off

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:39:26AM +0100, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2015-03-16 07:52:20 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> > On 15 March 2015 at 22:38, Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Sorry, I don't buy this. If I have "recovery_target_action = 'pause'" in
> > > the config file, I want it to pause.
> > 
> > You want it to enter a state where you cannot perform any action other
> > than shutdown?
> > 
> > Why would anyone want that?
> 
> You actually still could promote. But I'd be perfectly happy if postgres
> said
> ERROR: recovery_target_action = 'pause' in "%s" cannot be used without hot_standby
> DETAIL: Recovery pauses cannot be resumed without SQL level access.
> HINT: Configure hot_standby and try again.
> 
> or something roughly like that. If postgres tells me what to change to
> achieve what I want, I have a much higher chance of getting
> there. Especially if it just does something else otherwise.

Where are we on this?

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