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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml | 8 |
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml index 0b2e60eeb13..1457ae84523 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml @@ -1400,12 +1400,14 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are: </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term>START_REPLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">XXX/XXX</> TIMELINE <replaceable class="parameter">tli</></term> + <term>START_REPLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">XXX/XXX</> [<literal>TIMELINE</literal> <replaceable class="parameter">tli</>]</term> <listitem> <para> Instructs server to start streaming WAL, starting at - WAL position <replaceable class="parameter">XXX/XXX</> on timeline - <replaceable class="parameter">tli</>. + WAL position <replaceable class="parameter">XXX/XXX</>. + If <literal>TIMELINE</literal> option is specified, + streaming starts on timeline <replaceable class="parameter">tli</>; + otherwise, the server's current timeline is selected. The server can reply with an error, e.g. if the requested section of WAL has already been recycled. On success, server responds with a CopyBothResponse message, and then starts to stream WAL to the frontend. |