Re: Feature Request: pg_replication_master()

On 2012-12-18 19:43:09 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> We should probably have a function, like pg_replication_master(), which
> gives the host address of the current master.  This would help DBAs for
> large replication clusters a lot.  Obviously, this would only work in
> streaming.

Do you want the node one step up or the top-level in the chain? Because
I don't think we can do the latter without complicating the replication
protocol noticably.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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