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3 An example output plugin can be found in the
4 <a class="link" href="test-decoding.html" title="F.45. test_decoding — SQL-based test/example module for WAL logical decoding">
5 <code class="filename">contrib/test_decoding</code>
7 subdirectory of the PostgreSQL source tree.
8 </p><div class="sect2" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-INIT"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">47.6.1. Initialization Function <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-INIT" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><a id="id-1.8.14.12.3.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
9 An output plugin is loaded by dynamically loading a shared library with
10 the output plugin's name as the library base name. The normal library
11 search path is used to locate the library. To provide the required output
12 plugin callbacks and to indicate that the library is actually an output
13 plugin it needs to provide a function named
14 <code class="function">_PG_output_plugin_init</code>. This function is passed a
15 struct that needs to be filled with the callback function pointers for
17 </p><pre class="programlisting">
18 typedef struct OutputPluginCallbacks
20 LogicalDecodeStartupCB startup_cb;
21 LogicalDecodeBeginCB begin_cb;
22 LogicalDecodeChangeCB change_cb;
23 LogicalDecodeTruncateCB truncate_cb;
24 LogicalDecodeCommitCB commit_cb;
25 LogicalDecodeMessageCB message_cb;
26 LogicalDecodeFilterByOriginCB filter_by_origin_cb;
27 LogicalDecodeShutdownCB shutdown_cb;
28 LogicalDecodeFilterPrepareCB filter_prepare_cb;
29 LogicalDecodeBeginPrepareCB begin_prepare_cb;
30 LogicalDecodePrepareCB prepare_cb;
31 LogicalDecodeCommitPreparedCB commit_prepared_cb;
32 LogicalDecodeRollbackPreparedCB rollback_prepared_cb;
33 LogicalDecodeStreamStartCB stream_start_cb;
34 LogicalDecodeStreamStopCB stream_stop_cb;
35 LogicalDecodeStreamAbortCB stream_abort_cb;
36 LogicalDecodeStreamPrepareCB stream_prepare_cb;
37 LogicalDecodeStreamCommitCB stream_commit_cb;
38 LogicalDecodeStreamChangeCB stream_change_cb;
39 LogicalDecodeStreamMessageCB stream_message_cb;
40 LogicalDecodeStreamTruncateCB stream_truncate_cb;
41 } OutputPluginCallbacks;
43 typedef void (*LogicalOutputPluginInit) (struct OutputPluginCallbacks *cb);
45 The <code class="function">begin_cb</code>, <code class="function">change_cb</code>
46 and <code class="function">commit_cb</code> callbacks are required,
47 while <code class="function">startup_cb</code>, <code class="function">truncate_cb</code>,
48 <code class="function">message_cb</code>, <code class="function">filter_by_origin_cb</code>,
49 and <code class="function">shutdown_cb</code> are optional.
50 If <code class="function">truncate_cb</code> is not set but a
51 <code class="command">TRUNCATE</code> is to be decoded, the action will be ignored.
53 An output plugin may also define functions to support streaming of large,
54 in-progress transactions. The <code class="function">stream_start_cb</code>,
55 <code class="function">stream_stop_cb</code>, <code class="function">stream_abort_cb</code>,
56 <code class="function">stream_commit_cb</code>, and <code class="function">stream_change_cb</code>
57 are required, while <code class="function">stream_message_cb</code> and
58 <code class="function">stream_truncate_cb</code> are optional. The
59 <code class="function">stream_prepare_cb</code> is also required if the output
60 plugin also support two-phase commits.
62 An output plugin may also define functions to support two-phase commits,
63 which allows actions to be decoded on the <code class="command">PREPARE TRANSACTION</code>.
64 The <code class="function">begin_prepare_cb</code>, <code class="function">prepare_cb</code>,
65 <code class="function">commit_prepared_cb</code> and <code class="function">rollback_prepared_cb</code>
66 callbacks are required, while <code class="function">filter_prepare_cb</code> is optional.
67 The <code class="function">stream_prepare_cb</code> is also required if the output plugin
68 also supports the streaming of large in-progress transactions.
69 </p></div><div class="sect2" id="LOGICALDECODING-CAPABILITIES"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">47.6.2. Capabilities <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-CAPABILITIES" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
70 To decode, format and output changes, output plugins can use most of the
71 backend's normal infrastructure, including calling output functions. Read
72 only access to relations is permitted as long as only relations are
73 accessed that either have been created by <code class="command">initdb</code> in
74 the <code class="literal">pg_catalog</code> schema, or have been marked as user
75 provided catalog tables using
76 </p><pre class="programlisting">
77 ALTER TABLE user_catalog_table SET (user_catalog_table = true);
78 CREATE TABLE another_catalog_table(data text) WITH (user_catalog_table = true);
80 Note that access to user catalog tables or regular system catalog tables
81 in the output plugins has to be done via the <code class="literal">systable_*</code>
82 scan APIs only. Access via the <code class="literal">heap_*</code> scan APIs will
83 error out. Additionally, any actions leading to transaction ID assignment
84 are prohibited. That, among others, includes writing to tables, performing
85 DDL changes, and calling <code class="literal">pg_current_xact_id()</code>.
86 </p></div><div class="sect2" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-MODE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">47.6.3. Output Modes <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-MODE" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
87 Output plugin callbacks can pass data to the consumer in nearly arbitrary
88 formats. For some use cases, like viewing the changes via SQL, returning
89 data in a data type that can contain arbitrary data (e.g., <code class="type">bytea</code>) is
90 cumbersome. If the output plugin only outputs textual data in the
91 server's encoding, it can declare that by
92 setting <code class="literal">OutputPluginOptions.output_type</code>
93 to <code class="literal">OUTPUT_PLUGIN_TEXTUAL_OUTPUT</code> instead
94 of <code class="literal">OUTPUT_PLUGIN_BINARY_OUTPUT</code> in
95 the <a class="link" href="logicaldecoding-output-plugin.html#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STARTUP" title="47.6.4.1. Startup Callback">startup
96 callback</a>. In that case, all the data has to be in the server's encoding
97 so that a <code class="type">text</code> datum can contain it. This is checked in assertion-enabled
99 </p></div><div class="sect2" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-CALLBACKS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">47.6.4. Output Plugin Callbacks <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-CALLBACKS" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
100 An output plugin gets notified about changes that are happening via
101 various callbacks it needs to provide.
103 Concurrent transactions are decoded in commit order, and only changes
104 belonging to a specific transaction are decoded between
105 the <code class="literal">begin</code> and <code class="literal">commit</code>
106 callbacks. Transactions that were rolled back explicitly or implicitly
108 decoded. Successful savepoints are
109 folded into the transaction containing them in the order they were
110 executed within that transaction. A transaction that is prepared for
111 a two-phase commit using <code class="command">PREPARE TRANSACTION</code> will
112 also be decoded if the output plugin callbacks needed for decoding
113 them are provided. It is possible that the current prepared transaction
114 which is being decoded is aborted concurrently via a
115 <code class="command">ROLLBACK PREPARED</code> command. In that case, the logical
116 decoding of this transaction will be aborted too. All the changes of such
117 a transaction are skipped once the abort is detected and the
118 <code class="function">prepare_cb</code> callback is invoked. Thus even in case of
119 a concurrent abort, enough information is provided to the output plugin
120 for it to properly deal with <code class="command">ROLLBACK PREPARED</code> once
122 </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
123 Only transactions that have already safely been flushed to disk will be
124 decoded. That can lead to a <code class="command">COMMIT</code> not immediately being decoded in a
125 directly following <code class="literal">pg_logical_slot_get_changes()</code>
126 when <code class="varname">synchronous_commit</code> is set
127 to <code class="literal">off</code>.
128 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STARTUP"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.1. Startup Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STARTUP" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
129 The optional <code class="function">startup_cb</code> callback is called whenever
130 a replication slot is created or asked to stream changes, independent
131 of the number of changes that are ready to be put out.
132 </p><pre class="programlisting">
133 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeStartupCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
134 OutputPluginOptions *options,
137 The <code class="literal">is_init</code> parameter will be true when the
138 replication slot is being created and false
139 otherwise. <em class="parameter"><code>options</code></em> points to a struct of options
140 that output plugins can set:
141 </p><pre class="programlisting">
142 typedef struct OutputPluginOptions
144 OutputPluginOutputType output_type;
145 bool receive_rewrites;
146 } OutputPluginOptions;
148 <code class="literal">output_type</code> has to either be set to
149 <code class="literal">OUTPUT_PLUGIN_TEXTUAL_OUTPUT</code>
150 or <code class="literal">OUTPUT_PLUGIN_BINARY_OUTPUT</code>. See also
151 <a class="xref" href="logicaldecoding-output-plugin.html#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-MODE" title="47.6.3. Output Modes">Section 47.6.3</a>.
152 If <code class="literal">receive_rewrites</code> is true, the output plugin will
153 also be called for changes made by heap rewrites during certain DDL
154 operations. These are of interest to plugins that handle DDL
155 replication, but they require special handling.
157 The startup callback should validate the options present in
158 <code class="literal">ctx->output_plugin_options</code>. If the output plugin
159 needs to have a state, it can
160 use <code class="literal">ctx->output_plugin_private</code> to store it.
161 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-SHUTDOWN"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.2. Shutdown Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-SHUTDOWN" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
162 The optional <code class="function">shutdown_cb</code> callback is called
163 whenever a formerly active replication slot is not used anymore and can
164 be used to deallocate resources private to the output plugin. The slot
165 isn't necessarily being dropped, streaming is just being stopped.
166 </p><pre class="programlisting">
167 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeShutdownCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx);
169 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-BEGIN"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.3. Transaction Begin Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-BEGIN" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
170 The required <code class="function">begin_cb</code> callback is called whenever a
171 start of a committed transaction has been decoded. Aborted transactions
172 and their contents never get decoded.
173 </p><pre class="programlisting">
174 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeBeginCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
175 ReorderBufferTXN *txn);
177 The <em class="parameter"><code>txn</code></em> parameter contains meta information about
178 the transaction, like the time stamp at which it has been committed and
180 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-COMMIT"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.4. Transaction End Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-COMMIT" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
181 The required <code class="function">commit_cb</code> callback is called whenever
182 a transaction commit has been
183 decoded. The <code class="function">change_cb</code> callbacks for all modified
184 rows will have been called before this, if there have been any modified
186 </p><pre class="programlisting">
187 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeCommitCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
188 ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
189 XLogRecPtr commit_lsn);
191 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-CHANGE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.5. Change Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-CHANGE" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
192 The required <code class="function">change_cb</code> callback is called for every
193 individual row modification inside a transaction, may it be
194 an <code class="command">INSERT</code>, <code class="command">UPDATE</code>,
195 or <code class="command">DELETE</code>. Even if the original command modified
196 several rows at once the callback will be called individually for each
197 row. The <code class="function">change_cb</code> callback may access system or
198 user catalog tables to aid in the process of outputting the row
199 modification details. In case of decoding a prepared (but yet
200 uncommitted) transaction or decoding of an uncommitted transaction, this
201 change callback might also error out due to simultaneous rollback of
202 this very same transaction. In that case, the logical decoding of this
203 aborted transaction is stopped gracefully.
204 </p><pre class="programlisting">
205 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeChangeCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
206 ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
208 ReorderBufferChange *change);
210 The <em class="parameter"><code>ctx</code></em> and <em class="parameter"><code>txn</code></em> parameters
211 have the same contents as for the <code class="function">begin_cb</code>
212 and <code class="function">commit_cb</code> callbacks, but additionally the
213 relation descriptor <em class="parameter"><code>relation</code></em> points to the
214 relation the row belongs to and a struct
215 <em class="parameter"><code>change</code></em> describing the row modification are passed
217 </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
218 Only changes in user defined tables that are not unlogged
219 (see <a class="xref" href="sql-createtable.html#SQL-CREATETABLE-UNLOGGED"><code class="literal">UNLOGGED</code></a>) and not temporary
220 (see <a class="xref" href="sql-createtable.html#SQL-CREATETABLE-TEMPORARY"><code class="literal">TEMPORARY</code> or <code class="literal">TEMP</code></a>) can be extracted using
222 </p></div></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-TRUNCATE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.6. Truncate Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-TRUNCATE" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
223 The optional <code class="function">truncate_cb</code> callback is called for a
224 <code class="command">TRUNCATE</code> command.
225 </p><pre class="programlisting">
226 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeTruncateCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
227 ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
229 Relation relations[],
230 ReorderBufferChange *change);
232 The parameters are analogous to the <code class="function">change_cb</code>
233 callback. However, because <code class="command">TRUNCATE</code> actions on
234 tables connected by foreign keys need to be executed together, this
235 callback receives an array of relations instead of just a single one.
236 See the description of the <a class="xref" href="sql-truncate.html" title="TRUNCATE"><span class="refentrytitle">TRUNCATE</span></a> statement for
238 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-FILTER-ORIGIN"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.7. Origin Filter Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-FILTER-ORIGIN" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
239 The optional <code class="function">filter_by_origin_cb</code> callback
240 is called to determine whether data that has been replayed
241 from <em class="parameter"><code>origin_id</code></em> is of interest to the
243 </p><pre class="programlisting">
244 typedef bool (*LogicalDecodeFilterByOriginCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
245 RepOriginId origin_id);
247 The <em class="parameter"><code>ctx</code></em> parameter has the same contents
248 as for the other callbacks. No information but the origin is
249 available. To signal that changes originating on the passed in
250 node are irrelevant, return true, causing them to be filtered
251 away; false otherwise. The other callbacks will not be called
252 for transactions and changes that have been filtered away.
254 This is useful when implementing cascading or multidirectional
255 replication solutions. Filtering by the origin allows to
256 prevent replicating the same changes back and forth in such
257 setups. While transactions and changes also carry information
258 about the origin, filtering via this callback is noticeably
260 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-MESSAGE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.8. Generic Message Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-MESSAGE" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
261 The optional <code class="function">message_cb</code> callback is called whenever
262 a logical decoding message has been decoded.
263 </p><pre class="programlisting">
264 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeMessageCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
265 ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
266 XLogRecPtr message_lsn,
270 const char *message);
272 The <em class="parameter"><code>txn</code></em> parameter contains meta information about
273 the transaction, like the time stamp at which it has been committed and
274 its XID. Note however that it can be NULL when the message is
275 non-transactional and the XID was not assigned yet in the transaction
276 which logged the message. The <em class="parameter"><code>lsn</code></em> has WAL
277 location of the message. The <em class="parameter"><code>transactional</code></em> says
278 if the message was sent as transactional or not. Similar to the change
279 callback, in case of decoding a prepared (but yet uncommitted)
280 transaction or decoding of an uncommitted transaction, this message
281 callback might also error out due to simultaneous rollback of
282 this very same transaction. In that case, the logical decoding of this
283 aborted transaction is stopped gracefully.
284 The <em class="parameter"><code>prefix</code></em> is arbitrary null-terminated prefix
285 which can be used for identifying interesting messages for the current
286 plugin. And finally the <em class="parameter"><code>message</code></em> parameter holds
287 the actual message of <em class="parameter"><code>message_size</code></em> size.
289 Extra care should be taken to ensure that the prefix the output plugin
290 considers interesting is unique. Using name of the extension or the
291 output plugin itself is often a good choice.
292 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-FILTER-PREPARE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.9. Prepare Filter Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-FILTER-PREPARE" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
293 The optional <code class="function">filter_prepare_cb</code> callback
294 is called to determine whether data that is part of the current
295 two-phase commit transaction should be considered for decoding
296 at this prepare stage or later as a regular one-phase transaction at
297 <code class="command">COMMIT PREPARED</code> time. To signal that
298 decoding should be skipped, return <code class="literal">true</code>;
299 <code class="literal">false</code> otherwise. When the callback is not
300 defined, <code class="literal">false</code> is assumed (i.e. no filtering, all
301 transactions using two-phase commit are decoded in two phases as well).
302 </p><pre class="programlisting">
303 typedef bool (*LogicalDecodeFilterPrepareCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
307 The <em class="parameter"><code>ctx</code></em> parameter has the same contents as for
308 the other callbacks. The parameters <em class="parameter"><code>xid</code></em>
309 and <em class="parameter"><code>gid</code></em> provide two different ways to identify
310 the transaction. The later <code class="command">COMMIT PREPARED</code> or
311 <code class="command">ROLLBACK PREPARED</code> carries both identifiers,
312 providing an output plugin the choice of what to use.
314 The callback may be invoked multiple times per transaction to decode
315 and must provide the same static answer for a given pair of
316 <em class="parameter"><code>xid</code></em> and <em class="parameter"><code>gid</code></em> every time
318 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-BEGIN-PREPARE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.10. Transaction Begin Prepare Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-BEGIN-PREPARE" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
319 The required <code class="function">begin_prepare_cb</code> callback is called
320 whenever the start of a prepared transaction has been decoded. The
321 <em class="parameter"><code>gid</code></em> field, which is part of the
322 <em class="parameter"><code>txn</code></em> parameter, can be used in this callback to
323 check if the plugin has already received this <code class="command">PREPARE</code>
324 in which case it can either error out or skip the remaining changes of
326 </p><pre class="programlisting">
327 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeBeginPrepareCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
328 ReorderBufferTXN *txn);
330 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-PREPARE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.11. Transaction Prepare Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-PREPARE" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
331 The required <code class="function">prepare_cb</code> callback is called whenever
332 a transaction which is prepared for two-phase commit has been
333 decoded. The <code class="function">change_cb</code> callback for all modified
334 rows will have been called before this, if there have been any modified
335 rows. The <em class="parameter"><code>gid</code></em> field, which is part of the
336 <em class="parameter"><code>txn</code></em> parameter, can be used in this callback.
337 </p><pre class="programlisting">
338 typedef void (*LogicalDecodePrepareCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
339 ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
340 XLogRecPtr prepare_lsn);
342 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-COMMIT-PREPARED"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.12. Transaction Commit Prepared Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-COMMIT-PREPARED" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
343 The required <code class="function">commit_prepared_cb</code> callback is called
344 whenever a transaction <code class="command">COMMIT PREPARED</code> has been decoded.
345 The <em class="parameter"><code>gid</code></em> field, which is part of the
346 <em class="parameter"><code>txn</code></em> parameter, can be used in this callback.
347 </p><pre class="programlisting">
348 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeCommitPreparedCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
349 ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
350 XLogRecPtr commit_lsn);
352 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-ROLLBACK-PREPARED"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.13. Transaction Rollback Prepared Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-ROLLBACK-PREPARED" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
353 The required <code class="function">rollback_prepared_cb</code> callback is called
354 whenever a transaction <code class="command">ROLLBACK PREPARED</code> has been
355 decoded. The <em class="parameter"><code>gid</code></em> field, which is part of the
356 <em class="parameter"><code>txn</code></em> parameter, can be used in this callback. The
357 parameters <em class="parameter"><code>prepare_end_lsn</code></em> and
358 <em class="parameter"><code>prepare_time</code></em> can be used to check if the plugin
359 has received this <code class="command">PREPARE TRANSACTION</code> in which case
360 it can apply the rollback, otherwise, it can skip the rollback operation. The
361 <em class="parameter"><code>gid</code></em> alone is not sufficient because the downstream
362 node can have a prepared transaction with same identifier.
363 </p><pre class="programlisting">
364 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeRollbackPreparedCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
365 ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
366 XLogRecPtr prepare_end_lsn,
367 TimestampTz prepare_time);
369 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STREAM-START"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.14. Stream Start Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STREAM-START" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
370 The required <code class="function">stream_start_cb</code> callback is called when
371 opening a block of streamed changes from an in-progress transaction.
372 </p><pre class="programlisting">
373 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeStreamStartCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
374 ReorderBufferTXN *txn);
376 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STREAM-STOP"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.15. Stream Stop Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STREAM-STOP" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
377 The required <code class="function">stream_stop_cb</code> callback is called when
378 closing a block of streamed changes from an in-progress transaction.
379 </p><pre class="programlisting">
380 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeStreamStopCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
381 ReorderBufferTXN *txn);
383 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STREAM-ABORT"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.16. Stream Abort Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STREAM-ABORT" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
384 The required <code class="function">stream_abort_cb</code> callback is called to
385 abort a previously streamed transaction.
386 </p><pre class="programlisting">
387 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeStreamAbortCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
388 ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
389 XLogRecPtr abort_lsn);
391 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STREAM-PREPARE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.17. Stream Prepare Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STREAM-PREPARE" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
392 The <code class="function">stream_prepare_cb</code> callback is called to prepare
393 a previously streamed transaction as part of a two-phase commit. This
394 callback is required when the output plugin supports both the streaming
395 of large in-progress transactions and two-phase commits.
396 </p><pre class="programlisting">
397 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeStreamPrepareCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
398 ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
399 XLogRecPtr prepare_lsn);
401 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STREAM-COMMIT"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.18. Stream Commit Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STREAM-COMMIT" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
402 The required <code class="function">stream_commit_cb</code> callback is called to
403 commit a previously streamed transaction.
404 </p><pre class="programlisting">
405 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeStreamCommitCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
406 ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
407 XLogRecPtr commit_lsn);
409 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STREAM-CHANGE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.19. Stream Change Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STREAM-CHANGE" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
410 The required <code class="function">stream_change_cb</code> callback is called
411 when sending a change in a block of streamed changes (demarcated by
412 <code class="function">stream_start_cb</code> and <code class="function">stream_stop_cb</code> calls).
413 The actual changes are not displayed as the transaction can abort at a later
414 point in time and we don't decode changes for aborted transactions.
415 </p><pre class="programlisting">
416 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeStreamChangeCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
417 ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
419 ReorderBufferChange *change);
421 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STREAM-MESSAGE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.20. Stream Message Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STREAM-MESSAGE" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
422 The optional <code class="function">stream_message_cb</code> callback is called when
423 sending a generic message in a block of streamed changes (demarcated by
424 <code class="function">stream_start_cb</code> and <code class="function">stream_stop_cb</code> calls).
425 The message contents for transactional messages are not displayed as the transaction
426 can abort at a later point in time and we don't decode changes for aborted
428 </p><pre class="programlisting">
429 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeStreamMessageCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
430 ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
431 XLogRecPtr message_lsn,
435 const char *message);
437 </p></div><div class="sect3" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STREAM-TRUNCATE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">47.6.4.21. Stream Truncate Callback <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-STREAM-TRUNCATE" class="id_link">#</a></h4></div></div></div><p>
438 The optional <code class="function">stream_truncate_cb</code> callback is called
439 for a <code class="command">TRUNCATE</code> command in a block of streamed changes
440 (demarcated by <code class="function">stream_start_cb</code> and
441 <code class="function">stream_stop_cb</code> calls).
442 </p><pre class="programlisting">
443 typedef void (*LogicalDecodeStreamTruncateCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
444 ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
446 Relation relations[],
447 ReorderBufferChange *change);
449 The parameters are analogous to the <code class="function">stream_change_cb</code>
450 callback. However, because <code class="command">TRUNCATE</code> actions on
451 tables connected by foreign keys need to be executed together, this
452 callback receives an array of relations instead of just a single one.
453 See the description of the <a class="xref" href="sql-truncate.html" title="TRUNCATE"><span class="refentrytitle">TRUNCATE</span></a> statement for
455 </p></div></div><div class="sect2" id="LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-OUTPUT"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">47.6.5. Functions for Producing Output <a href="#LOGICALDECODING-OUTPUT-PLUGIN-OUTPUT" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
456 To actually produce output, output plugins can write data to
457 the <code class="literal">StringInfo</code> output buffer
458 in <code class="literal">ctx->out</code> when inside
459 the <code class="function">begin_cb</code>, <code class="function">commit_cb</code>,
460 or <code class="function">change_cb</code> callbacks. Before writing to the output
461 buffer, <code class="function">OutputPluginPrepareWrite(ctx, last_write)</code> has
462 to be called, and after finishing writing to the
463 buffer, <code class="function">OutputPluginWrite(ctx, last_write)</code> has to be
464 called to perform the write. The <em class="parameter"><code>last_write</code></em>
465 indicates whether a particular write was the callback's last write.
467 The following example shows how to output data to the consumer of an
469 </p><pre class="programlisting">
470 OutputPluginPrepareWrite(ctx, true);
471 appendStringInfo(ctx->out, "BEGIN %u", txn->xid);
472 OutputPluginWrite(ctx, true);
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