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pg_stat_wal_receiver.sender_host

Host of the PostgreSQL instance this WAL receiver is connected to. This can be a host name, an IP address, or a directory path if the connection is via Unix socket. (The path case can be distinguished because it will always be an absolute path, begi…

Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.

Description

Host of the PostgreSQL instance this WAL receiver is connected to. This can be a host name, an IP address, or a directory path if the connection is via Unix socket. (The path case can be distinguished because it will always be an absolute path, beginning with /.)

View
pg_stat_wal_receiver
Field
sender_host
SQL type
text
Units named in the field definition
Not specified
Reset observation
No stats_reset field is documented for this view

Usage

SELECT sender_host FROM pg_catalog.pg_stat_wal_receiver;

View semantics

The pg_stat_wal_receiver view will contain only one row, showing statistics about the WAL receiver from that receiver's connected server.

Collection and reset context

Read the same-version statistics collection and view documentation below for reset scope and visibility. No per-field reset rule is inferred from the field name.

Inspect this field

Example query; no execution result or measured value is asserted.

SELECT sender_host FROM pg_catalog.pg_stat_wal_receiver;

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Documentation and source

Source build
Version
18.6
Build
https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18.6/postgresql-18.6.tar.bz2
Source fingerprint
555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f

Compare versions

PostgreSQL 10 → 11: added.

--- PostgreSQL 10
+++ PostgreSQL 11
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-Not recorded in this version
+{
+  "field": "sender_host",
+  "sql_type": "text",
+  "units_mentioned": [],
+  "view": "pg_stat_wal_receiver"
+}

Compares recorded interfaces and attributes. Source fingerprints and build metadata are excluded; an absent sample is not proof of the introduction or removal release.

Related entries

Export JSON · Back to Statistics & Metrics · Recorded in PostgreSQL 11 through 20; the first sample is not necessarily its introduction.