Re: pgsql: Doc: Update the interaction of tablesync with wal_retrieve_retry

On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl> wrote:
>
> On 1/22/25 06:34, Amit Kapila wrote:
> > Doc: Update the interaction of tablesync with wal_retrieve_retry_interval.
> > Branch
> > ------
> > master
> >
> > Details
> > -------
> > https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/4a0e7314f11ee03adfe9df945598c068b4179314
>
> Hi,
>
> In this sentence :
>
> "The initial data in existing subscribed tables are snapshotted and
> copied in a parallel instances of a special kind of apply process."
>
> "copied in a parallel instances" seems wrong. It should be either
> (1) singular "in a parallel instance" or
> (2) plural "in parallel instances"
>
> I'm not sure which is meant.
>

I meant the latter. It is a typo. I will fix it.

> I also wonder if 'instance' is actually
> the correct word here at all; see the Glossary definition of 'instance':
>

It is not introduced by this patch but sounds correct to me because
the apply worker launches multiple table sync workers and they do
communicate via different states to finish the initial
synchronization.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.