Re: [PATCH] Provide more information to filter_prepare

From: Markus Wanner <markus(dot)wanner(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Ajin Cherian <itsajin(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Provide more information to filter_prepare
Date: 2021-03-29 10:00:19
Message-ID: 93326387-bc98-a9e3-f684-a02fef142da7@enterprisedb.com
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On 29.03.21 11:53, Amit Kapila wrote:
> Okay, but just in the previous sentence ("However, reuse of the same
> <parameter>gid</parameter> for example by a downstream node using
> multiple subscriptions may lead to it not being a unique
> identifier."), you have explained how sending a GID identifier can
> lead to a non-unique identifier for multiple subscriptions.

Maybe the example of the downstream node is a bad one. I understand
that can cause confusion. Let's leave away that example and focus on
the output plugin side. v6 attached.

> And then
> in the next line, the way you are suggesting to generate GID by use of
> XID seems to have the same problem, so that caused confusion for me.

It was not intended as a suggestion for how to generate GIDs at all.
Hopefully leaving away that bad example will make it less likely to
appear related to GID generation on the subscriber.

Regards

Markus

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0001-add-xid-arg-to-filter_prepare_v6.patch text/x-patch 9.5 KB

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