Chris Browne wrote: > I seem to recall there being a relevant Google Summer of Code project > about this, last year. > I do not recall how far it got. It obviously didn't make it into 8.3 > ;-)! Some parts of it did -- for example we got "read-only transactions" which were a step towards that goal. (The point here is that a hot standby needs to be able to execute readonly transactions.) -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general