Re: row filtering for logical replication

Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>

From: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
To: vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>
Cc: Ajin Cherian <itsajin@gmail.com>, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, "houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com" <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>, Greg Nancarrow <gregn4422@gmail.com>, "tanghy.fnst@fujitsu.com" <tanghy.fnst@fujitsu.com>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>, Euler Taveira <euler@eulerto.com>, Rahila Syed <rahilasyed90@gmail.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>, Önder Kalacı <onderkalaci@gmail.com>, japin <japinli@hotmail.com>, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>, Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2021-12-01T21:54:16Z
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  1. Release cache tuple when no longer needed

  2. Add some additional tests for row filters in logical replication.

  3. Fix one of the tests introduced in commit 52e4f0cd47.

  4. Allow specifying row filters for logical replication of tables.

  5. Move scanint8() to numutils.c

  6. Replace Test::More plans with done_testing

  7. Reduce relcache access in WAL sender streaming logical changes

  8. Small cleanups related to PUBLICATION framework code

  9. Add a view to show the stats of subscription workers.

  10. Allow publishing the tables of schema.

  11. Doc: improve documentation of CREATE/ALTER SUBSCRIPTION.

  12. Add PublicationTable and PublicationRelInfo structs

  13. Remove unused argument "txn" in maybe_send_schema().

  14. Add prepare API support for streaming transactions in logical replication.

  15. Unify PostgresNode's new() and get_new_node() methods

  16. Use l*_node() family of functions where appropriate

  17. Add support for prepared transactions to built-in logical replication.

  18. Restore the portal-level snapshot after procedure COMMIT/ROLLBACK.

  19. Rename a parse node to be more general

  20. Remove unused column atttypmod from initial tablesync query

  21. SEARCH and CYCLE clauses

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 9:34 PM vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com> wrote:
>
...
> Thanks for the updated patch, few comments:
> 1) Should this be changed to include non IMMUTABLE system functions
> are not allowed:
> +   not-null constraints in the <literal>WHERE</literal> clause. The
> +   <literal>WHERE</literal> clause does not allow functions or user-defined
> +   operators.
> +  </para>
>

Updated docs in v44 [1]

> 2) We can remove the #if 0 code if we don't plan to keep it in the final patch.
> --- a/src/backend/parser/parse_agg.c
> +++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_agg.c
> @@ -552,11 +552,12 @@ check_agglevels_and_constraints(ParseState
> *pstate, Node *expr)
>
>                         break;
>                 case EXPR_KIND_PUBLICATION_WHERE:
> +#if 0
>                         if (isAgg)
>                                 err = _("aggregate functions are not
> allowed in publication WHERE expressions");
>                         else
>                                 err = _("grouping operations are not
> allowed in publication WHERE expressions");
> -
> +#endif
>

Fixed in v44 [1]

> 4) Should this be changed, since we error out if publisher without
> replica identify performs delete or update:
> +   The <literal>WHERE</literal> clause must contain only columns that are
> +   covered  by <literal>REPLICA IDENTITY</literal>, or are part of the primary
> +   key (when <literal>REPLICA IDENTITY</literal> is not set), otherwise
> +   <command>DELETE</command> or <command>UPDATE</command> operations will not
> +   be replicated. That's because old row is used and it only contains primary
> +   key or columns that are part of the <literal>REPLICA IDENTITY</literal>; the
> +   remaining columns are <literal>NULL</literal>. For <command>INSERT</command>
>
> to:
> +   The <literal>WHERE</literal> clause must contain only columns that are
> +   covered  by <literal>REPLICA IDENTITY</literal>, or are part of the primary
> +   key (when <literal>REPLICA IDENTITY</literal> is not set), otherwise
> +   <command>DELETE</command> or <command>UPDATE</command> operations will be
> +   disallowed on those tables. That's because old row is used and it
> only contains primary
> +   key or columns that are part of the <literal>REPLICA IDENTITY</literal>; the
> +   remaining columns are <literal>NULL</literal>. For <command>INSERT</command>
>

Updated docs in v44 [1]

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Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia