Re: Conflict detection and logging in logical replication

On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 7:52 PM Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 2:21 PM Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> > On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 1:33 PM Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Do you think the documentation for the 'column_value' parameter of the
> > > conflict logging should say that the displayed value might be
> > > truncated?
> > >
> >
> > I updated the patch to mention this and pushed it.
> >
>
> Peter Smith mentioned to me off-list that the names of conflict types
> 'update_differ' and 'delete_differ' are not intuitive as compared to
> all other conflict types like insert_exists, update_missing, etc. The
> other alternative that comes to mind for those conflicts is to name
> them as 'update_origin_differ'/''delete_origin_differ'.
>

For things to "differ" there must be more than one them. The plural of
origin is origins.

e.g. 'update_origins_differ'/''delete_origins_differ'.

OTOH, you could say "differs" instead of differ:

e.g. 'update_origin_differs'/''delete_origin_differs'.

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Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia