Re: Allow logical replication to copy tables in binary format

Melih Mutlu <m.melihmutlu@gmail.com>

From: Melih Mutlu <m.melihmutlu@gmail.com>

To: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>

Cc: Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.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: 2023-03-08T12:47:22Z

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Allow logical replication to copy tables in binary format.
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Weaken type-OID-matching checks in array_recv and record_recv.
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Allow logical replication to transfer data in binary format.
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Hi,

On 7 Mar 2023 Tue at 04:10 Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:

> As per what I could read in this thread, most people prefer to use the
> existing binary option rather than inventing a new way (option) to
> binary copy in the initial sync phase. Do you agree?

I agree.
What do you think about the version checks? I removed any kind of check
since it’s currently a different option. Should we check publisher version
before doing binary copy to ensure that the publisher node supports binary
option of COPY command?

Thanks,
-- 
Melih Mutlu
Microsoft