Re: pg_receivexlog stops upon server restart

On 10 April 2012 21:07, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> On Friday, April 6, 2012, Thom Brown wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've tried out pg_receivexlog and have noticed that when restarting
>> the cluster, pg_receivexlog gets cut off... it doesn't keep waiting.
>> This is surprising as the DBA would have to remember to start
>> pg_receivexlog up again.
>>
>
> This is intentional as far as that's how the code was written, there's not a
> malfunctioning piece of code somewhere.
>
> It would probably make sense to have an auto-reconnect feature, and to have
> an option to turn it on/off.
>
> If you haven't already (my wifi here is currently quite useless, which is
> why I'm working on my email backlog, so I can't check), please add it to the
> open items list.

I think it would also be useful to add a paragraph to the
documentation stating use-cases for this feature, and its advantages.

--
Thom