Re: logical replication

On 5/21/21 8:41 AM, Marc Millas wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my POC in postgres 12.(important ?)
>
> if I setup 2 postgres clusters, and create a publication in one and a
> subscription in the other,
> and do on the pub an update which does not change the data (updating
> an existing record with same data) then this (useless) update go
> through replication.(ie consumes network ressource)
>
> what are ways to avoid this ?
> (I thought of a trigger to not execute the useless update, but I
> dont see how to do this)
> any ideas ?
>
> thanks
> PS: remarks about the meaning of this are off topic, thanks
>
>

Postgres provides exactly such a trigger. See
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/functions-trigger.html

cheers

andrew

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