RE: Column Filtering in Logical Replication

Zhijie Hou (Fujitsu) <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>

From: "houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com" <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>, Rahila Syed <rahilasyed90@gmail.com>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@enterprisedb.com>, Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2021-12-16T09:28:28Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Tues, Dec 14, 2021 1:48 AM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> wrote:
> Hmm, I messed up the patch file I sent.  Here's the complete patch.
> 

Hi,

I have a minor question about the replica identity check of this patch.

+check_publication_add_relation(Relation targetrel, Bitmapset *columns)
...
+			idattrs = RelationGetIndexAttrBitmap(targetrel,
+												 INDEX_ATTR_BITMAP_IDENTITY_KEY);
+			if (!bms_is_subset(idattrs, columns))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_COLUMN_REFERENCE),
+						errmsg("invalid column list for publishing relation \"%s\"",
+							   RelationGetRelationName(targetrel)),
+						errdetail("All columns in REPLICA IDENTITY must be present in the column list."));
+

The patch ensures all columns of RT are in column list when CREATE/ALTER
publication, but it seems doesn't prevent user from changing the replica
identity or dropping the index used in replica identity. Do we also need to
check those cases ?

Best regards,
Hou zj

Commits

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  1. Doc: Explain about Column List feature.

  2. Doc: fix column list vs. replica identity rules.

  3. Prohibit combining publications with different column lists.

  4. Fix the check to limit sync workers.

  5. Wait for subscription to sync in t/031_column_list.sql

  6. Move prattrs to the pg_publication_rel section in docs

  7. Allow specifying column lists for logical replication

  8. Fix row filters with multiple publications

  9. Fix publish_as_relid with multiple publications

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

  11. Add index on pg_publication_rel.prpubid

  12. Avoid using DefElemAction in AlterPublicationStmt

  13. Small cleanups related to PUBLICATION framework code

  14. Add PublicationTable and PublicationRelInfo structs

  15. Fix various concurrency issues in logical replication worker launching