Den tis 16 maj 2023 kl 01:44 skrev Peter Smith <smithpb2...@gmail.com>:
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 11:36 PM Robert Sjöblom
> <robert.sjob...@fortnox.se> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2023-05-05 15:17, Robert Sjöblom wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > We have recently used the PostgreSQL documentation when setting up our
> > > logical replication. We noticed there was a step missing in the
> > > documentation on how to drop a logical replication subscription with a
> > > replication slot attached.
> >
> > Following discussions, please see revised documentation patch.
> >
>
> LGTM.
>
> BTW, in the previous thread, there was also a suggestion from Amit [1]
> to change the errhint in a similar way. There was no reply to Amit's
> idea, so it's not clear whether it's an accidental omission from your
> v2 patch or not.
>
> ------
> [1] 
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAA4eK1J11phiaoCOmsjNqPZ9BOWyLXYrfgrm5vU2uCFPF2kN1Q%40mail.gmail.com
>
> Kind Regards,
> Peter Smith.
> Fujitsu Australia

Accidental omission by way of mail client, I suppose -- some messages
got flagged as spam and moved to another folder. I went ahead with
Masahiko Sawada's suggestion for the error message; see revised patch.

Best regards,
Robert Sjöblom

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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_subscription.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_subscription.sgml
index 8d997c983f..4be6ddb873 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_subscription.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_subscription.sgml
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ DROP SUBSCRIPTION [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable
    either because the remote host is not reachable or because the remote
    replication slot cannot be dropped or does not exist or never existed,
    the <command>DROP SUBSCRIPTION</command> command will fail.  To proceed in
-   this situation, disassociate the subscription from the replication slot by
-   executing <literal>ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... SET (slot_name = NONE)</literal>.
+   this situation, first <literal>DISABLE</literal> the subscription, and then 
+   disassociate it from the replication slot by executing 
+   <literal>ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... SET (slot_name = NONE)</literal>. 
    After that, <command>DROP SUBSCRIPTION</command> will no longer attempt any
    actions on a remote host.  Note that if the remote replication slot still
    exists, it (and any related table synchronization slots) should then be
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c b/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
index e8b288d01c..9ecb91ab15 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
@@ -2185,7 +2185,7 @@ ReportSlotConnectionError(List *rstates, Oid subid, char *slotname, char *err)
 			 errmsg("could not connect to publisher when attempting to drop replication slot \"%s\": %s",
 					slotname, err),
 	/* translator: %s is an SQL ALTER command */
-			 errhint("Use %s to disassociate the subscription from the slot.",
+			 errhint("Use %s to disassociate the subscription from the slot after disabling the subscription.",
 					 "ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... SET (slot_name = NONE)")));
 }
 

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