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authorAmit Kapila <akapila@postgresql.org>2023-06-21 10:07:47 +0530
committerAmit Kapila <akapila@postgresql.org>2023-06-21 10:22:07 +0530
commit4b4ee1e2b073ffe719e7ad1bb1c22253fb1096e2 (patch)
treee03ced65760460e215eb6c8b96a8d8e2e87769e4 /doc/src
parent2f97105e93c286a1377ddc0e2c9c7a5af4a2eee3 (diff)
Fix the errhint message and docs for drop subscription failure.
The existing errhint message and docs were missing the fact that we can't disassociate from the slot unless the subscription is disabled. Author: Robert Sjöblom, Peter Smith Reviewed-by: Peter Eisentraut, Amit Kapila Backpatch-through: 11 Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/807bdf85-61ea-88e2-5712-6d9fcd4eabff@fortnox.se
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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_subscription.sgml8
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_subscription.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_subscription.sgml
index adbdeafb4e1..65b025c6a60 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_subscription.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_subscription.sgml
@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ DROP SUBSCRIPTION [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable
for the subscription on the remote host are released. If this fails,
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>.
+ the <command>DROP SUBSCRIPTION</command> command will fail. To proceed
+ in this situation, first disable the subscription by executing
+ <literal>ALTER SUBSCRIPTION ... DISABLE</literal>, 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 should then be dropped manually; otherwise it will continue to