On 2016-04-06 16:20:29 +0200, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2016-04-06 10:15:59 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > In some ways it seems like the argument to pg_logical_emit_message(...) should
> > > be 'bytea'. That'd be much more convenient for application use. But then
> > > it's a pain when using it via the text-format SQL interface calls, where
> > > we've got no sensible way to output it.
>
> There's a bytea version.
>
> > Well, that's something worth thinking about. I assume that
> > pg_logical_slot_get_changes could be executed in a database different from
> > the one where a change was originated?
>
> You can execute it, but you'll get an error:
> if (slot->data.database != MyDatabaseId)
> ereport(ERROR,
> (errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
> (errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" was not created in this database",
> NameStr(slot->data.name)))));
Or so I thought. A look at the code shows a lack of database filtering
in DecodeLogicalMsgOp(). I think it also misses a FilterByOrigin()
check.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
