Re: pgsql: Add ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... SKIP.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 7:36 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>
> Amit Kapila <akapila@postgresql.org> writes:
> > The user can specify LSN by ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... SKIP (lsn = XXX),
> > which allows the apply worker to skip the transaction finished at
> > specified LSN. The apply worker skips all data modification changes within
> > the transaction.
>
> Hmm ... this seems like a really poor choice of syntax.
> I would expect ALTER to be used for changes of persistent
> object properties, which surely this is not?
>

We have discussed this syntax and discussed the point that this is
different from other properties of subscription like slot_name, binary
etc. and that is why we used SKIP for it rather than the usual way by
using SET [1][2]. There could also be other such options in future
like XID or other attributes, so we thought it would be easier to
extend it.

> An alternative perhaps could be to invoke the operation
> via a function.
>

I agree that is another alternative but could be inconvenient if there
are multiple such functions. We already have one
pg_replication_origin_advance().

[1] - https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAA4eK1KD_C_0LSxaYB0UbG59VOgjf4mXBeSYbVWCLXAnnuqnPw%40mail.gmail.com
[2] - https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/f716f584-65d0-fe83-2e84-53426631739a%40enterprisedb.com

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.