Re: Pgoutput not capturing the generated columns

Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>

From: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
To: vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>
Cc: Shubham Khanna <khannashubham1197@gmail.com>, Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>, Rajendra Kumar Dangwal <dangwalrajendra888@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org, euler@eulerto.com
Date: 2024-11-04T10:54:47Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 9:46 PM vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com> wrote:
>
...
+ /*
+ * For non-column list publications—such as TABLE (without a column
+ * list), ALL TABLES, or ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA publications consider
+ * all columns of the table, including generated columns, based on the
+ * pubgencols option.
+ */
+ if (!cols)
+ {
+ Assert(pub->pubgencols == entry->pubgencols);
+
+ /*
+ * Retrieve the columns if they haven't been prepared yet, or if
+ * there are multiple publications.
+ */
+ if (!relcols && (list_length(publications) > 1))
+ {
+ pgoutput_ensure_entry_cxt(data, entry);
+ relcols = pub_getallcol_bitmapset(relation, entry->pubgencols,
+   entry->entry_cxt);
+ }
+
+ cols = relcols;

Don't we need this only when generated column(s) are present, if so,
we can get that as an input to pgoutput_column_list_init()? We have
already computed that in the function check_and_init_gencol() which is
invoked just before pgoutput_column_list_init().

-- 
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.



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  1. Doc: Generated column replication.

  2. Rename pubgencols_type to pubgencols in pg_publication.

  3. Doc: Fix column name in pg_publication catalog.

  4. Fix buildfarm failure introduced by commit e65dbc9927.

  5. Change publication's publish_generated_columns option type to enum.

  6. Fix \dRp+ output when describing publications with a lower server version.

  7. Replicate generated columns when 'publish_generated_columns' is set.

  8. Doc: Update the behavior of generated columns in Logical Replication.

  9. Replicate generated columns when specified in the column list.

  10. Doc: Generated columns are skipped for logical replication.