Re: Column Filtering in Logical Replication

Hi Peter,

Hi, I was wondering if/when a subset of cols is specified then does
> that mean it will be possible for the table to be replicated to a
> *smaller* table at the subscriber side?
>
e.g Can a table with 7 cols replicated to a table with 2 cols?
>
> table tab1(a,b,c,d,e,f,g) --> CREATE PUBLICATION pub1 FOR TABLE
> tab1(a,b) --> table tab1(a,b)
>
> ~~

> I thought maybe that should be possible, but the expected behaviour
> for that scenario was not very clear to me from the thread/patch
> comments. And the new TAP test uses the tab1 table created exactly the
> same for pub/sub, so I couldn't tell from the test code either.
>

Currently, this capability is not included in the patch. If the table on
the subscriber
server has lesser attributes than that on the publisher server, it throws
an error at the
time of CREATE SUBSCRIPTION.

About having such a functionality, I don't immediately see any issue with
it as long
as we make sure replica identity columns are always present on both
instances.
However, need to carefully consider situations in which a server subscribes
to multiple
publications, each publishing a different subset of columns of a table.

Thank you,
Rahila Syed