"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 9:55 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I would have thought that the referenced page is clear enough about >> needing to check the standbys; do you think it isn't? > I can see how the following is a bit loose for someone not super-familiar > with WAL. Yeah. On the other hand, I don't want people who aren't running replication to stop reading as soon as they see something about standby servers. I tweaked the existing wording a bit to emphasize that standbys can be corrupt even with a valid master; hopefully that's enough. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
