Gx wrote: > I am configuring warm-standby as documented here: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/warm-standby.html > > I am using "pg_standby", & may have it working corrrectly, but am > not sure. > > 1) The standby database never 'starts', right? > (/etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 start" times out; I can't connect to > the db to see if tables are correct). > > 2) Because of #1, I suppose I can't do a pg_dump on the standby db? Sounds right on all counts to me. Starting with 9.0 you can have a hot standby which can be queried while it is the replication target. -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin