Re: Column Filtering in Logical Replication

Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@enterprisedb.com>

From: Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@enterprisedb.com>
To: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>, "houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com" <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>, Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>, Rahila Syed <rahilasyed90@gmail.com>, Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, "shiy.fnst@fujitsu.com" <shiy.fnst@fujitsu.com>
Date: 2022-03-26T00:18:08Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

On 3/25/22 04:10, Amit Kapila wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 5:44 AM Tomas Vondra
> <tomas.vondra@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>>
>> Attached is a patch, rebased on top of the sequence decoding stuff I
>> pushed earlier today, also including the comments rewording, and
>> renaming the "transform" function.
>>
>> I'll go over it again and get it pushed soon, unless someone objects.
>>
> 
> You haven't addressed the comments given by me earlier this week. See
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAA4eK1LY_JGL7LvdT64ujEiEAVaADuhdej1QNnwxvO_-KPzeEg%40mail.gmail.com.
> 

Thanks for noticing that! Thunderbird did not include that message into
the patch thread for some reason, so I did not notice that!

> *
> + * XXX The name is a bit misleading, because we don't really transform
> + * anything here - we merely check the column list is compatible with the
> + * definition of the publication (with publish_via_partition_root=false)
> + * we only allow column lists on the leaf relations. So maybe rename it?
> + */
> +static void
> +CheckPubRelationColumnList(List *tables, const char *queryString,
> +    bool pubviaroot)
> 
> After changing this function name, the comment above is not required.
> 

Thanks, comment updated.

I went over the patch again, polished the commit message a bit, and
pushed. May the buildfarm be merciful!

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Tomas Vondra
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Commits

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  1. Doc: Explain about Column List feature.

  2. Doc: fix column list vs. replica identity rules.

  3. Prohibit combining publications with different column lists.

  4. Fix the check to limit sync workers.

  5. Wait for subscription to sync in t/031_column_list.sql

  6. Move prattrs to the pg_publication_rel section in docs

  7. Allow specifying column lists for logical replication

  8. Fix row filters with multiple publications

  9. Fix publish_as_relid with multiple publications

  10. Add some additional tests for row filters in logical replication.

  11. Add index on pg_publication_rel.prpubid

  12. Avoid using DefElemAction in AlterPublicationStmt

  13. Small cleanups related to PUBLICATION framework code

  14. Add PublicationTable and PublicationRelInfo structs

  15. Fix various concurrency issues in logical replication worker launching