On 15 January 2016 at 08:30, Shulgin, Oleksandr < oleksandr.shul...@zalando.de> wrote:
> I'd like to propose generic functions (probably in an extension, or in > core if not possible otherwise) to facilitate streaming existing data from > the database *in the same format* that one would get if these would be the > changes decoded by a logical decoding plugin. > > The idea is to use a snapshot returned from CREATE_REPLICATION_SLOT > command of the replication protocol to get a consistent snapshot of the > database, then start listening to new changes on the slot. > It sounds like this is already possible. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ <http://www.2ndquadrant.com/> PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
