Re: [HACKERS] Improve logical decoding error message (was wal_level > WAL_LEVEL_LOGICAL) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Neha Khatri
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Improve logical decoding error message (was wal_level > WAL_LEVEL_LOGICAL)
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Msg-id CAFO0U+-pc_fQARUUUwNZRBtqJtSTfgtL+5Cy_nct4NHOcEAXdg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Improve logical decoding error message (was wal_level> WAL_LEVEL_LOGICAL)  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] Improve logical decoding error message (was wal_level> WAL_LEVEL_LOGICAL)  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
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On Tue, 23 May 2017 at 10:55 am, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
Neha Khatri wrote:
> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com

> > There is no wal_level higher than logical, so the current sense looks
> > perfectly fine to me.
>
> If there is no wal_level higher than logical, should the following error
> message indicate to set it >= logical.
>
>  select * from
> pg_create_logical_replication_slot('regression_slot','test_decoding');
>  ERROR:  logical decoding requires wal_level >= logical

I think it's purposefully ambiguous to cover a possible future
extension.

Should documentation also have similar statement and indicate future possibility.

What is the benefit of having it just in error message.

Regards,
Neha
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Cheers,
Neha

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