</para>
<para>
- Running <command>DROP DATABASE</>, <command>ALTER DATABASE ... SET
- TABLESPACE</>, or <command>ALTER DATABASE ... RENAME</> on the primary
+ Running <command>DROP DATABASE</> or <command>ALTER DATABASE ... SET
+ TABLESPACE</> on the primary
will generate a WAL entry that will cause all users connected to that
database on the standby to be forcibly disconnected. This action occurs
immediately, whatever the setting of
- <varname>max_standby_streaming_delay</>.
+ <varname>max_standby_streaming_delay</>. Note that
+ <command>ALTER DATABASE ... RENAME</> does not disconnect users, which
+ in most cases will go unnoticed, though might in some cases cause a
+ program confusion if it depends in some way upon database name.
</para>
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