Re: [PATCH] Fix Int32GetDatum used for bool column in CREATE SUBSCRIPTION

Nisha Moond <nisha.moond412@gmail.com>

From: Nisha Moond <nisha.moond412@gmail.com>
To: Lakshmi N <lakshmin.jhs@gmail.com>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-04-27T08:28:58Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 11:03 AM Lakshmi N <lakshmin.jhs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi hackers,
>
> In CreateSubscription(), the subretentionactive catalog column (declared as
> bool in pg_subscription.h) is populated using Int32GetDatum() instead of
> BoolGetDatum():
>
> This writes 4 bytes into a 1-byte bool Datum. It is inconsistent with the
> ALTER SUBSCRIPTION path which correctly uses BoolGetDatum().
>
> The attached patch fixes this to use BoolGetDatum(), matching both the
> catalog definition and the ALTER path.
>

+1
This looks like an oversight in commit a850be2.

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Thanks,
Nisha



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  1. Fix wrong datum conversion for subretentionactive in CreateSubscription.

  2. Add max_retention_duration option to subscriptions.