I see. Is there a more elegant way that I could shut down my standby server so that it would be in a more clean state? For example, when I first built the standby and began replication, I didn't get either of those record length messages. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Warnings-in-Standby-Logs-tp5607135p5613002.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - admin mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin