On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakan...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: > Ok, here's a patch that includes the changes to add new wal_mode GUC > (http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/4bd581a6.60...@enterprisedb.com), > and implements Tom's design to keep a copy of wal_mode and the > max_connections, max_prepared_xacts and max_locks_per_xact settings in > pg_control.
I have some comments: config.sgml > <literal>on</literal>. It is thought that there is little > measurable difference in performance from using this feature, so > feedback is welcome if any production impacts are noticeable. > It is likely that this parameter will be removed in later releases. Is this description still required for recovery_connections? > if (!XLogArchivingActive()) > ereport(ERROR, > (errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE), > errmsg("WAL archiving is not active"), > errhint("archive_mode must be enabled at server start."))); You need to change the error messages which refer to archive_mode, like the above. + /* + * For Hot Standby, the WAL must be generated with 'hot_standby' mode, + * and we must have at least as many backend slots as the primary. + */ + if (InArchiveRecovery && XLogRequestRecoveryConnections) + { + if (ControlFile->wal_mode < WAL_MODE_HOT_STANDBY) + ereport(ERROR, + (errmsg("recovery connections cannot start because wal_mode was not set to 'hot_standby' on the WAL source server"))); This seems to always prevent the server from doing an archive recovery since wal_mode is expected to be WAL_MODE_ARCHIVE in that case. Regards, -- Fujii Masao NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION NTT Open Source Software Center -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers