On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM Ashutosh Bapat > <ashutosh.bapat....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM Shubham Khanna > > <khannashubham1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am writing to propose an enhancement to the pg_createsubscriber > > > utility that enables it to automatically fetch all non-template > > > databases from the publisher when no specific databases are specified > > > by the user. This was an open item from [1] that was planned for > > > future implementation. The attached patch has the changes for the > > > same. > > > > I think the feature will be useful, but UI might cause some unwanted > > results. If a user forgets to specify -d option, the utility will > > create subscriptions to all the databases, some of which may or may > > not have the publications. I think it's better to provide an option to > > specify all databases explicitly (e.g. --all-databases). > > > > > +1 better to be safe. > > Instead of a new switch, how about changing the --database switch to > accept a pattern (like pg_dump --schema does [1]) > > Then "all databases" would be specified something like --database = * >
WFM but that will be more work than what's in the patch. -- Best Wishes, Ashutosh Bapat
