Re: Synchronizing slots from primary to standby

On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 7:27 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I saw that v73-0001 was pushed, but it included some last-minute
> changes that I did not get a chance to check yesterday.
>
> Here are some review comments for the new parts of that patch.
>
> ======
> doc/src/sgml/ref/create_subscription.sgml
>
> 1.
> connect (boolean)
>
>     Specifies whether the CREATE SUBSCRIPTION command should connect
> to the publisher at all. The default is true. Setting this to false
> will force the values of create_slot, enabled, copy_data, and failover
> to false. (You cannot combine setting connect to false with setting
> create_slot, enabled, copy_data, or failover to true.)
>
> ~
>
> I don't think the first part "Setting this to false will force the
> values ... failover to false." is strictly correct.
>
> I think is correct to say all those *other* properties (create_slot,
> enabled, copy_data) are forced to false because those otherwise have
> default true values.
>

So, won't when connect=false, the user has to explicitly provide such
values (create_slot, enabled, etc.) as false? If so, is using 'force'
strictly correct?

> ~~~
>
> 2.
>           <para>
>            Since no connection is made when this option is
>            <literal>false</literal>, no tables are subscribed. To initiate
>            replication, you must manually create the replication slot, enable
> -          the subscription, and refresh the subscription. See
> +          the failover if required, enable the subscription, and refresh the
> +          subscription. See
>            <xref
> linkend="logical-replication-subscription-examples-deferred-slot"/>
>            for examples.
>           </para>
>
> IMO "see the failover if required" is very vague. See what failover?
>

AFAICS, the committed docs says: "To initiate replication, you must
manually create the replication slot, enable the failover if required,
...". I am not sure what you are referring to.

>
> ======
> src/bin/pg_upgrade/t/004_subscription.pl
>
> 5.
> -# The subscription's running status should be preserved. Old subscription
> -# regress_sub1 should be enabled and old subscription regress_sub2 should be
> -# disabled.
> +# The subscription's running status and failover option should be preserved.
> +# Old subscription regress_sub1 should have enabled and failover as true while
> +# old subscription regress_sub2 should have enabled and failover as false.
>  $result =
>    $new_sub->safe_psql('postgres',
> - "SELECT subname, subenabled FROM pg_subscription ORDER BY subname");
> -is( $result, qq(regress_sub1|t
> -regress_sub2|f),
> + "SELECT subname, subenabled, subfailover FROM pg_subscription ORDER
> BY subname");
> +is( $result, qq(regress_sub1|t|t
> +regress_sub2|f|f),
>   "check that the subscription's running status are preserved");
>
> ~
>
> Calling those "old subscriptions" seems misleading. Aren't these the
> new/upgraded subscriptions being checked here?
>

Again the quoted wording is not introduced by this patch. But, I see
your point and it is better if you can start a separate thread for it.

--
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.