From f42ddc477297a6cac9cc403a65b268f2b578b621 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:31:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify docs about database parameter in streaming
replication primary_conninfo. Docs were unclear on whether or not
database=replication was required, nor did they mention the FATAL error this
causes if database parameter is mentioned explicitly, whatever its value.
---
doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
index ddad438b159..00f27792296 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml,v 1.53 2010/03/02 21:18:59 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml,v 1.54 2010/03/19 19:31:06 sriggs Exp $ -->
<chapter id="high-availability">
<title>High Availability, Load Balancing, and Replication</title>
@@ -922,6 +922,11 @@ host replication foo 192.168.1.100/32 md5
# and port 5432 as the user "foo" whose password is "foopass".
primary_conninfo = 'host=192.168.1.50 port=5432 user=foo password=foopass'
</programlisting>
+
+ You do not need to specify <literal>database=replication</> in the
+ <varname>primary_conninfo</varname>. The required option will be added
+ automatically. If you mention the database parameter at all within
+ <varname>primary_conninfo</varname> then a FATAL error will be raised.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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