Re: locking [user] catalog tables vs 2pc vs logical rep

On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 4:27 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 8:41 AM osumi.takamichi@fujitsu.com
> <osumi.takamichi@fujitsu.com> wrote:
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> Pushed!
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[Responding to Simon's comments]

> If LOCK and TRUNCATE is advised against on all user catalog tables, why would CLUSTER only apply to pg_class? Surely
itslocking
 
> level is the same as LOCK?
>

Cluster will also apply to all user catalog tables. I think we can
extend it slightly as we have mentioned for Lock.

> The use of "[user]" isn't fully explained, so it might not be clear that this applies to both Postgres catalog tables
andany user tables
 
> that have been nominated as catalogs. Probably worth linking to the "Capabilities" section to explain.
>

Sounds reasonable.

> It would be worth coalescing the following sections into a single page, since they are just a few lines each:
> Streaming Replication Protocol Interface
> Logical Decoding SQL Interface
> System Catalogs Related to Logical Decoding
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I think this is worth considering but we might want to discuss this as
a separate change/patch.


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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.