On Tue, 2010-11-02 at 06:59 +0000, Jonathan Tripathy wrote: > >>> > >> So in the "Hot Standby" setup as described in > >> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/hot-standby.html , how would I > >> automatically make the slave a master? > > I think you're looking for this: > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/warm-standby-failover.html > > > What is the difference between the "Hot-Standby" and "Warm-Standby"? Is > the only different that the "Hot-Standby" standby servers are read-only, > whereas the "Warm-Standby" standbys can't be queried at all? The title of the second HTML page is now out of date. So there is no warm/hot confusion to worry about, just the name of the page and URL. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/books/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general