Re: Enhance 'pg_createsubscriber' to retrieve databases automatically when no database is provided.

On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM Ashutosh Bapat
> <ashutosh(dot)bapat(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM Shubham Khanna
> > <khannashubham1197(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am writing to propose an enhancement to the pg_createsubscriber
> > > utility that enables it to automatically fetch all non-template
> > > databases from the publisher when no specific databases are specified
> > > by the user. This was an open item from [1] that was planned for
> > > future implementation. The attached patch has the changes for the
> > > same.
> >
> > I think the feature will be useful, but UI might cause some unwanted
> > results. If a user forgets to specify -d option, the utility will
> > create subscriptions to all the databases, some of which may or may
> > not have the publications. I think it's better to provide an option to
> > specify all databases explicitly (e.g. --all-databases).
> >
>
>
> +1 better to be safe.
>
> Instead of a new switch, how about changing the --database switch to
> accept a pattern (like pg_dump --schema does [1])
>
> Then "all databases" would be specified something like --database = *
>

WFM but that will be more work than what's in the patch.

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Best Wishes,
Ashutosh Bapat