RE: Initial COPY of Logical Replication is too slow

On Saturday, February 28, 2026 7:48 AM Masahiko Sawada  wrote:
> To: Marcos Pegoraro 
> Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers 
> Subject: Re: Initial COPY of Logical Replication is too slow
> 
> Another variant of this approach is to extend
> pg_get_publication_table() so that it can accept a relid to get the publication
> information of the specific table. I've attached the patch for this idea. I'm
> going to add regression test cases.
> 
> pg_get_publication_table() is a VARIACID array function so the patch changes
> its signature to {text[] [, oid]}, breaking the tool compatibility. Given this
> function is mostly an internal-use function (we don't have the documentation
> for it), it would probably be okay with it. I find it's clearer than the other
> approach of introducing pg_get_publication_table_info(). Feedback is very
> welcome.

Thanks for updating the patch.

I have few comments for the function change:

1.

If we change the function signature, will it affect use cases where the
publisher version is newer and the subscriber version is older ? E.g., when
publisher is passing text style publication name to pg_get_publication_tables().

Besides, for upgrade scenarios where the publisher version is older, I think
the patch needs to add version checks to avoid passing the relid to
pg_get_publication_tables.

2.

In the following example, I expected it to output a table with valid row
filter, but it returns 0 row after applying the patch.

CREATE TABLE measurements (
    city_id         int not null,
    logdate         date not null,
    peaktemp        int,
    unitsales       int
) PARTITION BY RANGE (logdate);

-- Create partitions
CREATE TABLE measurements_2023_q1 PARTITION OF measurements
    FOR VALUES FROM ('2023-01-01') TO ('2023-04-01');

CREATE PUBLICATION pub FOR TABLE measurements_2023_q1 WHERE (city_id = 2);

select pg_get_publication_tables(ARRAY['pub2'], 'measurements_2023_q1'::regclass);
 pg_get_publication_tables
---------------------------
(0 rows)

Best Regards,
Hou zj