Re: missing documentation for streaming in-progress transactions

On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 9:58 AM Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 05:45:16PM +0530, Amit Kapila wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 1:11 PM Ajin Cherian <itsajin@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Found that some documentation hasn't been updated for the changes made as part of
> > > streaming large in-progress transactions. Attached a patch that adds the missing changes. Let me know if anything
moreneeds to be added or any comments on this change.
 
> > >
> >
> > Thanks, this mostly looks good to me. I have slightly modified it.
> > See, what do you think of the attached?
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> +       Protocol version. Currently versions <literal>1</literal> and
> +       <literal>2</literal> are supported. The version <literal>2</literal>
> +       is supported only for server versions 14 and above, and is used to allow
> +       streaming of large in-progress transactions.
>
> The diff briefly confused me, since this is in protocol.sgml, and since the
> libpq protocol version is 1/2/3, with 2 being removed in v14 (3174d69fb).
> I suggest to say "replication protocol version 2".
>
> I realize that the headings make this more clear when reading the .html, so
> maybe there's no issue.
>

Yeah, this was the reason to not include replication. If one is
reading the document or even *.sgml, there shouldn't be any confusion
but if you or others feel so, we can use 'replication' as well.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.