Re: After an error - pg_replication_slot is dropped

From: Petr Jelinek <petr(dot)jelinek(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: tushar <tushar(dot)ahuja(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: After an error - pg_replication_slot is dropped
Date: 2018-02-16 16:04:33
Message-ID: 2a72d1a2-ca25-f349-a47f-98206a22fc2e@2ndquadrant.com
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On 16/02/18 12:38, tushar wrote:
> On 02/16/2018 04:02 PM, Petr Jelinek wrote:
>> It's because you are creating temporary slot. Temporary slots are
>> removed on error, that's a documented behavior.
>
> Thanks for pointing out but It looks weird behavior - even a small mea
> culpa can remove the slot. Temporary table - doesn't go automatically
> after an error ?
>

Temporary tables have transactional properties, slots don't (even the
non-temporary). For example if you create replication slot in
transaction and then abort it, the slot will survive. That's the price
we pay for ability to create slots on standby.

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Petr Jelinek http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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