Re: doc: improve the restriction description of using indexes on REPLICA IDENTITY FULL table.

On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 7:08 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 12:31 PM Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 5:31 PM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> >
> > I don't think we have concluded any action for it. I agree that
> > IsIndexOnlyOnExpression() is redundant. We don't need to check *all*
> > index fields actually. I've attached a draft patch. It removes
> > IsIndexOnlyOnExpression() and merges
> > RemoteRelContainsLeftMostColumnOnIdx() to
> > FindUsableIndexForReplicaIdentityFull. One concern is that we no
> > longer do the assertion check with
> > IsIndexUsableForReplicaIdentityFull(). What do you think?
> >
>
> I think this is a valid concern. Can't we move all the checks
> (including the remote attrs check) inside
> IsIndexUsableForReplicaIdentityFull() and then call it from both
> places? Won't we have attrmap information available in the callers of
> FindReplTupleInLocalRel() via ApplyExecutionData?

You mean to pass ApplyExecutionData or attrmap down to
RelationFindReplTupleByIndex()? I think it would be better to call it
from FindReplTupleInLocalRel() instead.

Regards,

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