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authorHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>2015-02-06 11:18:14 +0200
committerHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>2015-02-06 11:27:12 +0200
commit3bc4c694271bfe28b909f43d45fe5168c18ad5b8 (patch)
tree4064144ae6f9a370ba228185a73fb4bee1e8eebf /doc/src
parent48a565d78ba9413317d6095010cf622e9d6a36eb (diff)
Report WAL flush, not insert, position in replication IDENTIFY_SYSTEM
When beginning streaming replication, the client usually issues the IDENTIFY_SYSTEM command, which used to return the current WAL insert position. That's not suitable for the intended purpose of that field, however. pg_receivexlog uses it to start replication from the reported point, but if it hasn't been flushed to disk yet, it will fail. Change IDENTIFY_SYSTEM to report the flush position instead. Backpatch to 9.1 and above. 9.0 doesn't report any WAL position.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
index 31bbc0d4c2e..cec56978b74 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are:
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Current xlog write location. Useful to get a known location in the
+ Current xlog flush location. Useful to get a known location in the
transaction log where streaming can start.
</para>
</listitem>