Re: pg_receivexlog and replication slots

On 2014-07-11 11:18:58 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> > On 2014-07-11 11:08:48 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> >> Is there a particular reason why pg_receivexlog only supports using
> >> manually created slots but pg_recvlogical supports creating and
> >> dropping them? Wouldn't it be good for consistency there?
> >
> > I've added it to recvlogical because logical decoding isn't usable
> > without slots. I'm not sure what you'd want to create/drop a slot from
> > receivexlog for, but I'm not adverse to adding the capability.
> 
> I was mostly thinking for consistency, really. Using slots with
> pg_receivexlog makes quite a bit of sense, even though it's useful
> without it. But having the ability to create and drop (with compatible
> commandline arguments of course) them directly when you set it up
> would certainly be more convenient.

Ok. Do you plan to take care of it? If, I'd be fine with backpatching
it. I'm not likely to get to it right now :(

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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