On Friday, April 7, 2023 5:11 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Apr 7, 2023 at 1:12 PM Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > On Fri, Apr 7, 2023 at 2:28 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 5:58 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > > LGTM, so pushed. BTW, while looking at this, I noticed that newly
> > > added options "password_required" and "run_as_owner" has incorrectly
> > > mentioned their datatype as a string in the docs. It should be
> > > boolean.
> >
> > +1
> >
> > > I think "password_required" belongs to first section of docs which
> > > says: "The following parameters control what happens during
> > > subscription creation".
> >
> > But the documentation of ALTER SUBSCRIPTION says:
> >
> > The parameters that can be altered are slot_name, synchronous_commit,
> > binary, streaming, disable_on_error, password_required, run_as_owner,
> > and origin. Only a superuser can set password_required = false.
> >
>
> By the above, do you intend to say that all the parameters that can be altered
> are in the second list? If so, slot_name belongs to the first category.
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> > ISTM that both password_required and run_as_owner are parameters to
> > control the subscription's behavior, like disable_on_error and
> > streaming. So it looks good to me that password_required belongs to
> > the second section.
> >
>
> Do you mean that because 'password_required' is used each time we make a
> connection to a publisher during replication, it should be in the second
> category? If so, slot_name is also used during the start replication each time.
>
> BTW, do we need to check one or both of these parameters in
> maybe_reread_subscription() where we "Exit if any parameter that affects the
> remote connection was changed."
I think changing run_as_owner doesn't require to be checked as it only affect
the role to perform the apply. But it seems password_required need to be
checked in maybe_reread_subscription() because we used this parameter for
connection.
Best Regards,
Hou zj