Issue: For Streaming Replication if you have a a slave you are supposed to know that for a slave queries like "unlisten ...", "notify..." are disallowed on the slave-side not on the master-side. Npgsql used this type of query.
Fix: Remove these queries from the Npgsql sources. Below is the expected patch I use to do that. This patch could be improved but it works 
Download
You can download it at http://www.davidgis.fr/download/Hot_Standby_SR.txt
--- Npgsql2.0.12.0.src/src/Npgsql/NpgsqlState.cs 2012-01-12 19:44:55.000000000 +0100
+++ Npgsql2.0.12.0.src_new/src/Npgsql/NpgsqlState.cs 2013-01-07 12:17:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ namespace Npgsql
//Qlisten notifytest;notify notifytest;
Stream stm = context.Stream;
string uuidString = "uuid" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");
- PGUtil.WriteString("Qlisten " + uuidString + ";notify " + uuidString + ";", stm);
+ PGUtil.WriteString("Qlisten " + uuidString + ";", stm);
Queue buffer = new Queue();
byte[] convertBuffer = new byte[36];
for (;;)
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace Npgsql
throw new EndOfStreamException();
case 'Z':
//context.Query(new NpgsqlCommand("UNLISTEN *", context));
- using(NpgsqlCommand cmd = new NpgsqlCommand("UNLISTEN *", context))
+ using(NpgsqlCommand cmd = new NpgsqlCommand("-- UNLISTEN *", context))
{
context.Query(cmd);
}
--- Npgsql2.0.12.0.src/src/Npgsql/NpgsqlConnector.cs 2012-01-12 19:44:55.000000000 +0100
+++ Npgsql2.0.12.0.src_new/src/Npgsql/NpgsqlConnector.cs 2013-01-07 12:17:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ namespace Npgsql
internal void ReleaseRegisteredListen()
{
//Query(new NpgsqlCommand("unlisten *", this));
- using(NpgsqlCommand cmd = new NpgsqlCommand("unlisten *", this))
+ using(NpgsqlCommand cmd = new NpgsqlCommand("-- unlisten *", this))
{
Query(cmd);
}
Apply the patch
# Download Npgsql 2.0.12 sources and uncompress on the fly
wget -q "http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/postgresql/projects/pgFoundry/npgsql/_npgsql2/Npgsql2.0.12/Npgsql2.0.12.0.src.tar.bz2" -O - | tar xjf -
# Go to Npgsql folder
cd Npgsql2.0.12.0.src/
# Download the patch and apply on the fly
wget -q http://www.davidgis.fr/download/Hot_Standby_SR.txt -O - | patch -p1
