Re: Simple question on fail over and config files

On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Jorge Torralba
<jorge(dot)torralba(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I have a primary and secondary running streaming replication with 9.2.
> Primary posgresql.conf file is slightly different than standby server conf
> file. If i create the trigger file to force the standby into primary mode,
> is there a way to make the new primary server use a different config file
> configured for a primary after it becomes the primary besides shutting it
> down and loading the new primary config file?

Unfortunately, there is no such a way.

> Or can we just leave it
> running as a primary using the config file it used as a standby?

Yes, you can.

You can also use the same config file for standby as on the master if
you does not do anything that requires a specific configuration on
standby, of course.

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