On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Scott Ribe <scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Assuming a master & replica set up using streaming replication, hot standby, 9.3. > > I'd like to have a single script on both machines distinguish whether it's running on the machine with the master or replica, and take different actions accordingly. > > Is the way to do this to check for the presence of wal sender process vs wal receiver process? Or is there a query that could executed against sys tables to find current running config of the local postmaster? "SELECT pg_is_in_recovery();" can be used to make the difference between a master and a slave. -- Michael -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general