On Mon, Oct 23, 2023, at 3:44 PM, Kevin Wang wrote: > In my testing environment, I did not specify "shared_preload_libraries" and I > cannot create the logical replication slot with the "test_decoding" type. > test_decoding is in contrib folder and is not build-in, so if you do not > specify it, you cannot create the replication slot.
You didn't provide enough information or provide the exact commands and settings to show the failure. $ psql -c "show wal_level" -d postgres wal_level ----------- logical (1 row) $ psql -c "show max_replication_slots" -d postgres max_replication_slots ----------------------- 1 (1 row) $ psql -c "show shared_preload_libraries" -d postgres shared_preload_libraries -------------------------- (1 row) $ psql -c "SELECT * FROM pg_create_logical_replication_slot('regression_slot', 'test_decoding', false, true)" -d postgres slot_name | lsn -----------------+----------- regression_slot | 0/6069338 (1 row) $ psql -c "SELECT slot_name, plugin, slot_type, database, active, restart_lsn, confirmed_flush_lsn FROM pg_replication_slots" -d postgres slot_name | plugin | slot_type | database | active | restart_lsn | confirmed_flush_lsn -----------------+---------------+-----------+----------+--------+-------------+--------------------- regression_slot | test_decoding | logical | postgres | f | 0/6069300 | 0/6069338 (1 row) $ psql -c "SELECT version()" -d postgres version --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PostgreSQL 16.0 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110, 64-bit (1 row) -- Euler Taveira EDB https://www.enterprisedb.com/