Re: Handle infinite recursion in logical replication setup

On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 2:09 PM Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 5:04 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>

Sure, the message looks a bit odd with the quotes like you wrote
above, but I would not suggest to change it that way - I was thinking
more like below (which is similar to the style the slot_name messages
use)

CURRENT
DETAIL: Origin names "any", "none", and names starting with "pg_" are reserved.

SUGGESTED
DETAIL: Origin names ANY, NONE, and names starting with "pg_" are reserved.

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Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia