Re: Allow logical replication to copy tables in binary format

Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>

From: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
To: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
Cc: Melih Mutlu <m.melihmutlu@gmail.com>, Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>, "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>, Euler Taveira <euler@eulerto.com>, "Takamichi Osumi (Fujitsu)" <osumi.takamichi@fujitsu.com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, "shiy.fnst@fujitsu.com" <shiy.fnst@fujitsu.com>
Date: 2023-03-15T06:31:36Z
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  1. Allow logical replication to copy tables in binary format.

  2. Common function for percent placeholder replacement

  3. Doc: add XML ID attributes to <sectN> and <varlistentry> tags.

  4. Re-order disable_on_error in tab-complete.

  5. Make subscription tests pass with log_error_verbosity=verbose

  6. Weaken type-OID-matching checks in array_recv and record_recv.

  7. Allow logical replication to transfer data in binary format.

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 11:52 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ======
> src/backend/replication/logical/tablesync.c
>
> 5.
> +
> + /*
> + * If the publisher version is earlier than v14, it COPY command doesn't
> + * support the binary option.
> + */
> + if (walrcv_server_version(LogRepWorkerWalRcvConn) >= 140000 &&
> + MySubscription->binary)
> + {
> + appendStringInfo(&cmd, " WITH (FORMAT binary)");
> + options = lappend(options, makeDefElem("format", (Node *)
> makeString("binary"), -1));
> + }
>
> Sorry, I gave a poor review comment for this previously. Now I have
> revisited all the thread discussions about version checking. I feel
> that some explanation should be given in the code comment so that
> future readers of this code can understand why you decided to use v14
> checking.
>
> Something like this:
>
> SUGGESTION
> If the publisher version is earlier than v14, we use text format COPY.
>

I think this isn't explicit that we supported the binary format since
v14. So, I would prefer my version of the comment as suggested in the
previous email.

-- 
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.