Re: Proposal: Conflict log history table for Logical Replication

On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yet another question is about table names, whether we keep some
> standard name like conflict_log_history_$subid or let users pass the
> name.
>

It would be good if we can let the user specify the table_name and if
she didn't specify then use an internally generated name. I think it
will be somewhat similar to slot_name. However, in this case, there is
one challenge which is how can we decide whether the schema of the
user provided table_name is correct or not? Do we compare it with the
standard schema we are planning to use?

One idea to keep things simple for the first version is that we allow
users to specify the table_name for storing conflicts but the table
should be created internally and if the same name table already
exists, we can give an ERROR. Then we can later extend the
functionality to even allow storing conflicts in pre-created tables
with more checks about its schema.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.