Re: logical replication of truncate command with trigger causes Assert

> On Jun 9, 2021, at 7:52 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Here's a draft patch for that. I decided the most sensible way to
> organize this is to pair the existing ensure_transaction() subroutine
> with a cleanup subroutine. Rather unimaginatively, perhaps, I renamed
> it to begin_transaction_step and named the cleanup end_transaction_step.
> (Better ideas welcome.)

Thanks! The regression test I posted earlier passes with this patch applied.

> Somewhat unrelated, but ... am I reading the code correctly that
> apply_handle_stream_start and related routines are using Asserts
> to check that the remote sent stream-control messages in the correct
> order? That seems many degrees short of acceptable.

Even if you weren't reading that correctly, this bit:

xid = pq_getmsgint(s, 4);

Assert(TransactionIdIsValid(xid));

simply asserts that the sending server didn't send an invalid subtransaction id.

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