Hi, I just setup the replication in the slave again, when trying to use psql, I could not get the psql command prompt but got "psql: FATAL: the database system is starting up" from it. PG: 9.2.4 Below is the log from the the slave: LOG: database system was shut down in recovery at 2013-08-06 18:34:44 LOG: entering standby mode LOG: consistent recovery state reached at 1C/9A0F9CF0 LOG: record with zero length at 1C/9A0F9CF0 LOG: streaming replication successfully connected to primary FATAL: the database system is starting up I am new to PG replication, please help. regards -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general