Zoid <Zoid@the-lounge.us> writes:
> Actually, I'm using postgresql beta2 and my replication process is
> connectiong to my primary (or backend) at 5432 via the connect_info line
> of the recovery.conf file.
> I had already saw that the error is identical if I merely connect
> directly to the primary and issue the command "IDENTITY_SYSTEM", so it
> seems to me the primary (or backend) is not treating the IDENTITY_SYSTEM
> command as "Streaming Replication Protocol", but I'm not sure why it
> would anyway as I've connected to thesame port psql does.
The port's not the issue --- replication connections are supposed to use
the same port. Try something like
psql -h primary-server replication=1
regards, tom lane