On 7 June 2017 at 18:16, sanyam jain <sanyamjai...@live.in> wrote: > Hi, > > Can someone explain the usage of exporting snapshot when a logical > replication slot is created?
It's used to pg_dump the schema at a consistent point in history where all xacts are known to be in the snapshot (and thus dumped) or known not to be (so they'll be streamed out on the slot). See snapbuild.c etc. -- Craig Ringer http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
