Re: (replication) Detecting if server a slave, or a master in recovery

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Toby Corkindale
<toby.corkindale@strategicdata.com.au> wrote:
> On 12/09/11 17:13, Simon Riggs wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Toby Corkindale
>>> What is the best method for determining whether you're connected to the
>>> master or slave database?
>>
>> SELECT pg_is_in_recovery();
>
>
> If I'm on a master database, which had previously crashed and is now in the
> process of recovery, won't that also return "true" there?


No, because you can't connect to the database during crash recovery,
so the first time you can connect to a has-crashed master it will
return false.

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