From: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> |
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To: | Shaheed Haque <shaheedhaque(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Laura Smith <n5d9xq3ti233xiyif2vp(at)protonmail(dot)ch>, postgre <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Scriptable way to validate a pg_dump restore ? |
Date: | 2024-01-29 23:02:51 |
Message-ID: | d6d8d8d9-ceb0-48f2-afb3-4d4d254cebf3@aklaver.com |
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On 1/29/24 11:35, Shaheed Haque wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 30 Jan 2024, 00:27 Adrian Klaver, <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>> wrote:
>
> On 1/29/24 10:12, Shaheed Haque wrote:
>
>
> >
> > Yes. But I was under the impression that the initial copy of logical
> > replication was the same?
> >
>
> Are you taking about the copy_data option to WITH?
>
> If so yes and no.
>
> Yes as it uses COPY to transfer the data.
>
>
> Yes, this is what I meant.
>
> No as what COPY transfers can be affected by WHERE clauses on the
> publisher. Also if you have cascading publishers/subscriptions the
> 'original' data maybe upstream of the publisher you are comparing to.
>
>
> Good points, understood. For the next bit, let's assume neither of these
> are in play.
>
> Finally logical replication is generally not static so there is the
> issue of determining a point in time for the check.
>
>
> Indeed. I currently have a static source db but would eventually like to
> eliminate the implied downtime. What I'd like to provide my user is some
Implied downtime of what?
> indication of progress initially during the copy_data phase, and for the
> future, of the anticipated incremental convergence.
>
> And, as per my other note, I would ideally like to be able to do this
> using only a connection to one db.
>
> I was assuming that logical replication needed "something" similar
> internally, and was hoping the LSNs were that "something".
I'm going to say up front I am no expert on the internals of logical
replication. Will point you at:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/protocol-message-formats.html
A quick look at that indicates to me it is more involved then you think.
>
> Thanks, Shaheed
>
>
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> Adrian Klaver
> adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
>
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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
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