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| author | Simon Riggs | 2010-10-05 23:19:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Simon Riggs | 2010-10-05 23:19:05 +0000 |
| commit | bdf45797abe53a9e2bebd54e5475591e468a0ad1 (patch) | |
| tree | fd0bb697a45684d829f102d7011f2e1acb25afd6 /doc/src | |
| parent | d79a1a138e5dc9bc190b907e754268e819678a2a (diff) | |
Correct docs for behaviour of ALTER DATABASE .. RENAME during Hot Standby.
Actual behaviour did not match documented behaviour and we have agreed
that it should be the docs that change.
Spotted by Bernd Helmle
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml index 211cc25d82e..9b4fa3a6d20 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml @@ -1764,12 +1764,15 @@ LOG: database system is ready to accept read only connections </para> <para> - Running <command>DROP DATABASE</>, <command>ALTER DATABASE ... SET - TABLESPACE</>, or <command>ALTER DATABASE ... RENAME</> on the primary + Running <command>DROP DATABASE</> or <command>ALTER DATABASE ... SET + TABLESPACE</> on the primary will generate a WAL entry that will cause all users connected to that database on the standby to be forcibly disconnected. This action occurs immediately, whatever the setting of - <varname>max_standby_streaming_delay</>. + <varname>max_standby_streaming_delay</>. Note that + <command>ALTER DATABASE ... RENAME</> does not disconnect users, which + in most cases will go unnoticed, though might in some cases cause a + program confusion if it depends in some way upon database name. </para> <para> |