Re: [PATCH] libpq: Allow specifying multiple host names to try to connect to

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Mikko Tiihonen <Mikko(dot)Tiihonen(at)nitorcreations(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Robbie Harwood <rharwood(at)redhat(dot)com>, Steve Singer <steve(at)ssinger(dot)info>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libpq: Allow specifying multiple host names to try to connect to
Date: 2015-08-25 12:34:16
Message-ID: CAB7nPqSrYdgG1ToOM+D9dYrg7H+EqLm2d4znGgkw9eXpfqNKYg@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Mikko Tiihonen wrote:
> Because the feature as its simplest is a for loop in libpq. I would not think it much of a feature creep, especially since my original patch to libpq showed the loop already has been hidden in libpq for a long time, it just needed a special dns record for the postgresql hosts that returned dns records for all hosts.
>
> Even there are poolers in front of postgres they can be set up in much simpler and reliable non-cluster mode when the libpq can be given multiple pooler addresses to connect to.

Patch marked as returned with feedback, there has been review input,
but unfortunately no patch updates lately.
--
Michael

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