Re: Include sequences in publications created by pg_createsubscriber

On Mon, 29 Jun 2026 at 20:07, Shlok Kyal <shlok.kyal.oss@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Thanks for the comments, here is an updated version with the fixes for the same.
> >
> Hi Vignesh,
>
> I reviewed the patch, here are some comments:
>
> 1. In pg_createsubscriber.sgml:
> +   replica from a physical standby server.  By default,
> +   <application>pg_createsubscriber</application> configures
> +   <link linkend="logical-replication">logical replication</link> by
> +   automatically creating internal publication and subscription objects. In
> +   this default mode, a pair of publication and subscription objects are
> +   created for each database, and all tables and sequences in the specified
> +   databases. By default, a pair of publication and subscription objects are
> +   created for each database. It must be run at the target server.
>
> 1a. Line "a pair of publication and subscription objects are created
> for each database"
> is repeated twice.
>
> 1b. This line looks like something is missed:
> ```
> In this default mode, a pair of publication and subscription objects are
> created for each database, and all tables and sequences in the specified
> ```
> maybe we can rewrite it as:
> ```
> In this default mode, a pair of publication and subscription objects are created
> for each database, publishing all tables and sequences in the
> specified database.
> ```
>
> 2. '--publication' should be inside <option></option> tag.
> +      the source server.  If the --publication option is not specified,
> +      <application>pg_createsubscriber</application> creates a publication
> +      using <link linkend="sql-createpublication-params-for-all-tables">
>
> 3. For consistency, perhaps use "user-specified publications" here, as the later
>  documentation already refers to them using the same term.
> +   For user-nominated publications, sequences are only replicated if they were
>
> 4. In 040_pg_createsubscriber.pl:
> +is( $result, qq(t|t),
> +   "publication is created with both all-tables and all-sequences enabled"
> +);
> extra space before $result. I think we should run pg_perltidy on the test file.

Thanks for the comments, Shlok. The attached v5 version patch has the
changes for the reported comments.

Regards,
Vignesh