Re: Column Filtering in Logical Replication

Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>

From: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
Cc: Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@enterprisedb.com>, "houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com" <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>, 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: 2022-03-23T02:17:21Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 12:54 AM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> wrote:
>
> On 2022-Mar-19, Tomas Vondra wrote:
>
> > @@ -174,7 +182,13 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION noinsert SET (publish = 'update, delete');
> >    <para>
> >     Add some tables to the publication:
> >  <programlisting>
> > -ALTER PUBLICATION mypublication ADD TABLE users, departments;
> > +ALTER PUBLICATION mypublication ADD TABLE users (user_id, firstname), departments;
> > +</programlisting></para>
> > +
> > +  <para>
> > +   Change the set of columns published for a table:
> > +<programlisting>
> > +ALTER PUBLICATION mypublication SET TABLE users (user_id, firstname, lastname), TABLE departments;
> >  </programlisting></para>
> >
> >    <para>
>
> Hmm, it seems to me that if you've removed the feature to change the set
> of columns published for a table, then the second example should be
> removed as well.
>

As per my understanding, the removed feature is "Alter Publication ...
Alter Table ...". The example here "Alter Publication ... Set Table
.." should still work as mentioned in my email[1].

[1] - https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAA4eK1L6YTcx%3DyJfdudr-y98Wcn4rWX4puHGAa2nxSCRb3fzQw%40mail.gmail.com

-- 
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.



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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