> 
> I know, it's definitely a drag.  One thing you can do is use the define 
> command to give meaningful names to everything:
> 
> http://slony.info/documentation/stmtdefine.html
> 
> You can put that stuff in your included preamble (you are using an 
> included preamble, right?) and then refer to the nodes my name instaed 
> of node id.
> 
> I think if the default event node wasn't always 1, but in fact the 
> current master, then things would be less painful when you end up with a 
> master that isn't node id 1.
> 

Ah. Thank you very much, this will work great.

-salman