Re: logical replication issue

Thanks Tom. These tables with this issue are related to Arcgis. I cannot modify existing tables by adding primary keys if it doesn't already have one.
Will have to exclude these tables from replication it appears.

On April 17, 2025 11:05:25 AM EDT, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>Mike L <giantmetfan(at)comcast(dot)net> writes:
>> Should logical replication fail due to a column of type 'xml' in a table
>> in a publication?
>
>Well, as you note, there's no equality operator for type xml.
>
>Looking at the replication code, it looks like you might be able
>to dodge the error if the replicated-to table has a primary key
>(which'd necessarily not involve the xml column). Without a PK,
>it will do full-row equality checks to determine tuple matches,
>and that's where it falls down trying to compare the xml column.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>

Mike L