Re: Libpq support to connect to standby server as priority

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: Haribabu Kommi <kommi(dot)haribabu(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jing Wang <jingwangian(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Tsunakawa, Takayuki" <tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Libpq support to connect to standby server as priority
Date: 2018-07-18 12:53:42
Message-ID: CA+TgmobfBaNaMrT5Qx+nQ=JKYYy-VOZ2xxXAhAGUSSWZ=fkm4g@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 9:14 AM, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> wrote:
> What about keeping the first successful connection open and storing it in a
> variable if we are in "prefer-read" mode.
> If we get the read-only connection we desire, close that cached connection,
> otherwise use it.

I like this idea. If I recall correctly, the logic in this area is
getting pretty complex, so we might need to refactor it for better
readability and maintainability.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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