On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 6:19 AM, Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com> wrote:
>> So, it's ok to have a log item that is replayed only if
>>
>> WalRcvInProgress()
>>
>> is true?
>
> No, that checks for WAL streaming in particular. A log-shipping standby needs
> the same treatment.
>
>> Is it a correct approach? I couldn't find any other way to
>> find out if we are in a standby or a master...
>
> InArchiveRecovery looks like the right thing, but it's currently static to
> xlog.c. Perhaps exporting that is the way to go.
Why is it necessary to replay the operation only on the slave? Can we
just use XLOG_HEAP_NEWPAGE?
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