Re: logical replication syntax (was DROP SUBSCRIPTION, query cancellations and slot handling)

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Petr Jelinek <petr(dot)jelinek(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: logical replication syntax (was DROP SUBSCRIPTION, query cancellations and slot handling)
Date: 2017-05-02 16:00:06
Message-ID: CA+TgmoYvobB=85_K7JOdECjzzWS1Rnem-vTkp42r_8gFP0gitQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> Petr Jelinek wrote:
>> So the only way to fulfill the requirement you stated is to just not try
>> to drop the slot, ever, on DROP SUBSCRIPTION. That makes the default
>> behavior leave resources on upstream that will eventually cause that
>> server to stop unless user notices before. I think we better invent
>> something that limits how much inactive slots can hold back WAL and
>> catalog_xmin in this release as well then.
>
> I don't understand why isn't the default behavior to unconditionally
> drop the slot. Why do we ever want the slot to be kept?

What if the remote server doesn't exist any more?

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Robert Haas
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