-- -- Hot Standby tests -- -- hs_standby_functions.sql -- -- should fail select txid_current(); ERROR: cannot execute txid_current() during recovery select length(txid_current_snapshot()::text) >= 4; ?column? ---------- t (1 row) select pg_start_backup('should fail'); ERROR: recovery is in progress HINT: WAL control functions cannot be executed during recovery. select pg_switch_xlog(); ERROR: recovery is in progress HINT: WAL control functions cannot be executed during recovery. select pg_stop_backup(); ERROR: recovery is in progress HINT: WAL control functions cannot be executed during recovery. -- should return no rows select * from pg_prepared_xacts; transaction | gid | prepared | owner | database -------------+-----+----------+-------+---------- (0 rows) -- just the startup process select locktype, virtualxid, virtualtransaction, mode, granted from pg_locks where virtualxid = '1/1'; locktype | virtualxid | virtualtransaction | mode | granted ------------+------------+--------------------+---------------+--------- virtualxid | 1/1 | 1/0 | ExclusiveLock | t (1 row) -- suicide is painless select pg_cancel_backend(pg_backend_pid()); ERROR: canceling statement due to user request