Re: Enhance 'pg_createsubscriber' to retrieve databases automatically when no database is provided.

vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>

From: vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>
To: Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh.bapat.oss@gmail.com>
Cc: Shubham Khanna <khannashubham1197@gmail.com>, Nisha Moond <nisha.moond412@gmail.com>, Ajin Cherian <itsajin@gmail.com>, "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>, Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-03-18T10:55:25Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 at 16:51, Ashutosh Bapat
<ashutosh.bapat.oss@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 at 11:28, Shubham Khanna
> > <khannashubham1197@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM Nisha Moond <nisha.moond412@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Fixed.
> > >
> > > The attached patch contains the suggested changes.
> >
> > I feel like we're trying to address two separate tasks in this thread:
> > a) Enhancing pg_createsubscriber to automatically retrieve databases
> > when none is provided. b) Refactoring all pg_createsubscriber tests.
> >
> > I suggest we keep this thread focused solely on retrieving all
> > databases and start a new thread for test refactoring. This will allow
> > us to tackle each task separately and ensure a cleaner commit.
>
> I was expecting that the argument validation tests will go in one test
> - existing as well as the ones for --all. But that's not how the patch
> is splitting them. It has split only the existing test. I am fine if
> we add a new test for --all option as the [patch does and leave the
> existing test as is. Cramming everything in one test makes it
> unmaintainable, though.

For this patch, let's add an additional test case to
040_pg_createsubscriber.pl and aim to commit it soon, as the rest of
the changes look good. I agree that the test split you suggested is
necessary, but let's handle that in a separate thread.

Regards,
Vignesh



Commits

  1. Cosmetic fixes for pg_createsubscriber's -all option.

  2. pg_createsubscriber: Add '--all' option.