On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 5:00 AM Michael Paquier <mich...@paquier.xyz> wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 07:26:56AM -0800, Andres Freund wrote: > > On 2023-12-21 19:55:51 +0530, Amit Kapila wrote: > >> We can return int2 value from the function pg_get_replication_slots() > >> and then use that to display a string in the view > >> pg_replication_slots. > > > > I strongly dislike that pattern. It just leads to complicated views - and > > doesn't provide a single benefit that I am aware of. It's much bettter to > > simply populate the text version in pg_get_replication_slots(). > > I agree that this is a better integration in the view, and that's what > I would do FWIW. > > Amit, how much of a problem would it be to do a text->enum mapping > when synchronizing the slots from a primary to a standby? >
There is no problem as such in that. We were trying to see if there is a more convenient way but let's move by having cause as text from both the function and view as that seems to be a preferred way. -- With Regards, Amit Kapila.