"Alexander Staubo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 6/1/07, Jeff Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> To be fair to Slony-I, the fact that it does not replicate DDL is a
>> feature, not a bug. It's table-based, which is a very flexible design.
> I fail to see how that's an excuse not to replicate DDL.
> I could be wrong, but I believe Slony fails at this because it is
> trigger-based and simply cannot detect DDL changes.
You are wrong. The Slony guys say this is intentional, and they have
some good arguments. They may be making a virtue of necessity, but
automatic replication of DDL is not nearly as open-and-shut a decision
as you paint it.
regards, tom lane
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