Re: [HACKERS] Re: pg_dump ignoring information_schema tables whichused in Create Publication.

On 5/29/17 22:14, Noah Misch wrote:
> On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 10:46:12PM -0300, Euler Taveira wrote:
>> 2017-05-26 17:52 GMT-03:00 Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>:
>>> You cannot publish a system catalog.  But a user-created table in
>>> information_schema is not a system catalog.
>> Replication of information_schema tables works. However, pg_dump doesn't
>> include information_schema tables into CREATE PUBLICATION command
>> (user-defined information_schema tables aren't included in pg_dump even
>> *before* logical replication). IMO allow publish/subscribe of tables into
>> information_schema is harmless (they aren't special tables like catalogs).
>> Also, how many people would create real tables into information_schema?
>> Almost zero. Let's leave it alone. Since pg_dump doesn't document that
>> information_schema isn't dumped, I think we shouldn't document this for
>> logical replication.
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Unless there are any new insights, I propose to close this item as not
new and not worth fixing, per the above.

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