On 2013-12-12 09:09:21 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote: > >> * Add functionality (I propose) > >> We can set negative number at min_standby_apply_delay. I think that > >> this feature > >> is for world wide replication situation. For example, master server is > >> in > >> Japan and slave server is in San Francisco. Japan time fowards than > >> San > >> Francisco time > >> . And if we want to delay in this situation, it can need negative
> > This is because local time is recorded in XLOG. And it has big cost for > > calculating global time. Uhm? Isn't the timestamp in commit records actually a TimestampTz? And thus essentially stored as UTC? I don't think this problem actually exists? > My suggestion would be to add the TZ to the checkpoint record. This > way all users of WAL can see the TZ of the master and act accordingly. > I'll do a separate patch for that. Intuitively I'd say that might be useful - but I am not reall sure what for. And we don't exactly have a great interface for looking at a checkpoint's data. Maybe add it to the control file instead? Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers