47.3. Streaming Replication Protocol Interface #
The commands
CREATE_REPLICATION_SLOT
slot_name
LOGICALoutput_plugin
DROP_REPLICATION_SLOT
[slot_name
WAIT
]START_REPLICATION SLOT
slot_name
LOGICAL ...
are used to create, drop, and stream changes from a replication slot, respectively. These commands are only available over a replication connection; they cannot be used via SQL. See Section 53.4 for details on these commands.
The command pg_recvlogical can be used to control logical decoding over a streaming replication connection. (It uses these commands internally.)