hi, all, I know we can connect to primary and SELECT pg_current_xlog_location(); (eg. '0/36A77900') to get primary xlog position then connect to the standby to do the following to get the byte lag: select pg_xlog_location_diff('0/36A77900',pg_last_xlog_replay_location()); 0/36A77900 is the xlog position from primary. My question is that is there a way I can connect to the primary on the standby host using replica user which i already have the primary_conninfo in the recovery.conf and get the result of SELECT pg_current_xlog_location(); of the primary so I can simply write a function on the standby to return the lag in bytes in one call. any way I can do that without a dblink? Thank you if any one can help. best, Ying -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/strem-replication-standby-lag-check-tp5787682.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