Re: slapo-chain and propagation delay

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have a minor problem with slapo-chain: when a user makes a
> modification on a replica, the modification is sent to the master, and
> then pulled from the master through syncrepl.
>
> It takes a short time to syncrepl for pulling the updated data from the
> master, but that time is long enough for a web form to reload the
> previous data, therefore giving the feeling that the modification has
> been ignored.
>
> Is ther any solution for that problem?

Rewrite your web form to not reload data after performing a modify. Or, use 
the postread control instead of issuing a new Search.

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