cbbrowne at ca.afilias.info wrote:
> In effect, the "cluster" and "node conninfo" statements represent a sort
> of "preamble" to the Slonik script, and you can't put the echo statement
> inside that section.
> Move the echo to _after_ you define the nodes and it should work fine.

Maybe that should be added to the documentation of the ECHO command at 
http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/slony1/genpage.php?slonik_commands#stmt_echo

Something like: "ECHO commands may only be used AFTER both clusters and 
nodes have been defined using CLUSTER NAME and ADMIN CONNINFO."

-j