Re: Synchronous commit not... synchronous?

On 10/31/12 9:39 PM, Peter van Hardenberg wrote:
> This was rather surprising - my synchronous commit was... not cancelled.
> Is this expected behaviour?
>
> d5r5fdj6u5ieml=> begin;
> BEGIN
> d5r5fdj6u5ieml=> set synchronous_commit = 'on';
> SET
> d5r5fdj6u5ieml=> insert into data values ('baz');
> INSERT 0 1
> d5r5fdj6u5ieml=> commit;
> ^CCancel request sent
> WARNING: canceling wait for synchronous replication due to user request
> DETAIL: The transaction has already committed locally, but might not
> have been replicated to the standby.
> COMMIT
> d5r5fdj6u5ieml=> select * from data;
> foo
> -----
> bar
> baz
> (2 rows)

Did the inserted row also arrive at the standby?