Re: Disallow changing slot's failover option in transaction block

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: shveta malik <shveta(dot)malik(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda(dot)hayato(at)fujitsu(dot)com>, "Zhijie Hou (Fujitsu)" <houzj(dot)fnst(at)fujitsu(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Drouvot, Bertrand" <bertranddrouvot(dot)pg(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Disallow changing slot's failover option in transaction block
Date: 2024-04-18 23:34:49
Message-ID: ZiGuGZuuwnFfH8TL@paquier.xyz
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On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 11:22:24AM +0530, Amit Kapila wrote:
> +1 for option 2 as it sounds logical to me and consistent with ALTER
> SUBSCRIPTION. BTW, IIUC, you are referring to: "When altering the
> slot_name, the failover and two_phase property values of the named
> slot may differ from the counterpart failover and two_phase parameters
> specified in the subscription. When creating the slot, ensure the slot
> properties failover and two_phase match their counterpart parameters
> of the subscription." in docs [1], right?

FWIW, I'd also favor option 2, mostly on consistency ground as it
would offer a better user-experience. On top of that, you're saying
that may lead to some simplifications in the CREATE path. Without a
patch, it's hard to tell, though.

As far as I can see, this is not tracked as an open item and it should
be. So I have added one.
--
Michael

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