On Thu, 2024-10-17 at 16:00 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > To me, > > > > > When logical replication of a table typically starts, a snapshot is > > > taken of the table's data on the publisher database and copied to the > > > subscriber > > > > Does not clarify that. > > > > It's the reason I created this mail: I would like it stated explicitly that > > the > > database process takes care of this for us. > > Well, you are the first person to report this confusion, and we can't go > around explaining what Postgres does and does not do in each section. I > would need to hear from other people that this is confusing before > making it explicit.
I for one would have interpreted the passive voice here as meaning that the database does that automatically. But perhaps active voice can make it even clearer: Ordinarily, when logical replication of a table starts, <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> takes a snapshot of the table's data on the publisher database and copies these data to the subscriber Yours, Laurenz Albe
