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| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/replication/README | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/README b/src/backend/replication/README index 8b15dea58eb..5819fd44de3 100644 --- a/src/backend/replication/README +++ b/src/backend/replication/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/replication/README,v 1.2 2010/01/20 09:16:24 heikki Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/replication/README,v 1.3 2010/03/24 06:25:39 heikki Exp $ Walreceiver - libpqwalreceiver API ---------------------------------- @@ -17,11 +17,14 @@ Establish connection to the primary, and starts streaming from 'startpoint'. Returns true on success. -bool walrcv_receive(int timeout, XLogRecPtr *recptr, char **buffer, int *len) - -Retrieve any WAL record available through the connection, blocking for -maximum of 'timeout' ms. +bool walrcv_receive(int timeout, unsigned char *type, char **buffer, int *len) +Retrieve any message available through the connection, blocking for +maximum of 'timeout' ms. If a message was successfully read, returns true, +otherwise false. On success, a pointer to the message payload is stored in +*buffer, length in *len, and the type of message received in *type. The +returned buffer is valid until the next call to walrcv_* functions, the +caller should not attempt freeing it. void walrcv_disconnect(void); |