Re: Moving from Linux to Linux?

From: Paul Foerster <paul(dot)foerster(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com>
Cc: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pgsql-General List <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Moving from Linux to Linux?
Date: 2025-03-12 16:48:00
Message-ID: B78EC89A-032D-40DB-88AE-C213CEA20FDE@gmail.com
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Hi Christophe,

> On 12 Mar 2025, at 12:16, Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com> wrote:
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> You *can* apply DDL while logical replication is going on, as long as you do so in a disciplined way. This generally means applying it to the subscriber before you apply it to the publisher, and making sure that any columns added to a table are either NULLable or have defaults.

Yes, I know, but this is a non issue in real life with dozens of databases per instance and a few hundred developers doing their work.

So, logical replication online for me is more of an academic case study. In real life I need downtime.

Cheers,
Paul

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