Re: Single transaction in the tablesync worker?

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 9:17 PM Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> 7.
> +# check for occurrence of the expected error
> +poll_output_until("replication slot \"$slotname\" already exists")
> + or die "no error stop for the pre-existing origin";
>
> In this test, isn't it better to check for datasync state like below?
> 004_sync.pl has some other similar test.
> my $started_query = "SELECT srsubstate = 'd' FROM pg_subscription_rel;";
> $node_subscriber->poll_query_until('postgres', $started_query)
> or die "Timed out while waiting for subscriber to start sync";
>
> Is there a reason why we can't use the existing way to check for
> failure in this case?

Since the new design now uses temporary slots, is this test case still
required?. If required, I can change it accordingly.

regards,
Ajin Cherian
Fujitsu Australia