Re: Logical decoding on standby

On 2017-03-29 08:01:34 +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> On 28 March 2017 at 23:22, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
> 
> >> --- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
> >> +++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
> >> @@ -2034,6 +2034,8 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are:
> >>       <para>
> >>        Drops a replication slot, freeing any reserved server-side resources. If
> >>        the slot is currently in use by an active connection, this command fails.
> >> +      If the slot is a logical slot that was created in a database other than
> >> +      the database the walsender is connected to, this command fails.
> >>       </para>
> >>       <variablelist>
> >>        <varlistentry>
> >
> > Shouldn't the docs in the drop database section about this?
> 
> DROP DATABASE doesn't really discuss all the resources it drops, but
> I'm happy to add mention of replication slots handling.

I don't think that's really comparable, because the other things aren't
global objects, which replication slots are.

- Andres