Re: Handle infinite recursion in logical replication setup

On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 5:04 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 7:33 PM vignesh C <vignesh21(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 12:58 PM Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Firstly, I have some (case-sensitivity) questions about the previous
> > > patch which was already pushed [1].
> > >
> > > Q1. create_subscription docs
> > >
> > > I did not understand why the docs refer to slot_name = NONE, yet the
> > > newly added option says origin = none/any. I think that saying origin
> > > = NONE/ANY would be more consistent with the existing usage of NONE in
> > > this documentation.
> >
> > Both NONE and none are ok in the case of origin, if you want I can
> > change it to NONE/ANY in case of origin to keep it consistent.
> >
>
> I preferred the special origin values should be documented as NONE/ANY
> for better consistency, but let's see what others think about it.
>
> There will also be associated minor changes needed for a few
> error/hint messages.
>

I am not really sure how much we gain by maintaining consistency with
slot_name because if due to this we have to change the error messages
as well then it can create an inconsistency with reserved origin
names. Consider message: DETAIL: Origin names "any", "none", and
names starting with "pg_" are reserved. Now, if we change this to
"ANY", "NONE" in the above message, it will look a bit odd as "pg_"
starts with lower case letters.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.