Re: Logical Replication of sequences

From: Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: vignesh C <vignesh21(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda(dot)hayato(at)fujitsu(dot)com>, "Zhijie Hou (Fujitsu)" <houzj(dot)fnst(at)fujitsu(dot)com>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut(at)gmail(dot)com>, shveta malik <shveta(dot)malik(at)gmail(dot)com>, Shlok Kyal <shlok(dot)kyal(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com>, Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com>, Nisha Moond <nisha(dot)moond412(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Euler Taveira <euler(at)eulerto(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Logical Replication of sequences
Date: 2025-10-22 02:21:50
Message-ID: CAHut+Ptp+FMHgS-kaKZwWEoNeyomecUDGECvoCpfx4_eCUDyUA@mail.gmail.com
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Hi Vignesh, Here are a few small review comments just for the docs
part of patch 0001:

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Commit message

1.
In addition to the new command, the following subscription commands have
been enhanced to automatically refresh sequence mappings:

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Is "mappings" the right word?

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doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_subscription.sgml

2.
<para>
- When false, the command will not try to refresh table information.
- <literal>REFRESH PUBLICATION</literal> should then be
executed separately.
- The default is <literal>true</literal>.
+ When false, the command will not try to refresh table and sequence
+ information. <literal>REFRESH PUBLICATION</literal> should then be
+ executed separately. The default is <literal>true</literal>.
</para>

I thought false should use markup: <literal>false</literal> (just
like true does)

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3.
+ <para>
+ Previously subscribed sequences are not re-synchronized. To do that,
+ see <link linkend="sql-altersubscription-params-refresh-sequences">
+ <command>ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... REFRESH SEQUENCES</command></link>.
+ </para>

/To do that, see/To do that, use/

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4.
+ <para>
+ Re-synchronize sequence data with the publisher. Unlike
+ <link linkend="sql-altersubscription-params-refresh-publication">
+ <literal>ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... REFRESH
PUBLICATION</literal></link> which
+ only synchronizes newly added sequences, <literal>REFRESH
SEQUENCES</literal>
+ will re-synchronize the sequence data for all subscribed sequences. It
+ does not add or remove the missing publication sequences from the
+ subscription.
+ </para>

4a.
IMO the ALTER SUBSCRIPTION command should have <command> markup
instead of <literal>

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4b.
I wondered if that part "...for all subscribed sequences" should say
"...for all currently subscribed sequences", just for more clarity.

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4c.
I do not think you need to say "the missing" here; IMO, that just
leads to more questions -- missing from where? How do you remove
something that is missing? etc. The suggestion below removes the
ambiguity.

SUGGESTION:
It does not add or remove sequences from the subscription to match the
publication.

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Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia

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