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3 <code class="filename">test_decoding</code> is an example of a logical decoding
4 output plugin. It doesn't do anything especially useful, but can serve as
5 a starting point for developing your own output plugin.
7 <code class="filename">test_decoding</code> receives WAL through the logical decoding
8 mechanism and decodes it into text representations of the operations
11 Typical output from this plugin, used over the SQL logical decoding
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15 postgres=# SELECT * FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('test_slot', NULL, NULL, 'include-xids', '0');
17 -----------+-----+--------------------------------------------------
18 0/16D30F8 | 691 | BEGIN
19 0/16D32A0 | 691 | table public.data: INSERT: id[int4]:2 data[text]:'arg'
20 0/16D32A0 | 691 | table public.data: INSERT: id[int4]:3 data[text]:'demo'
21 0/16D32A0 | 691 | COMMIT
22 0/16D32D8 | 692 | BEGIN
23 0/16D3398 | 692 | table public.data: DELETE: id[int4]:2
24 0/16D3398 | 692 | table public.data: DELETE: id[int4]:3
25 0/16D3398 | 692 | COMMIT
29 We can also get the changes of the in-progress transaction, and the typical
32 </p><pre class="programlisting">
33 postgres[33712]=#* SELECT * FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('test_slot', NULL, NULL, 'stream-changes', '1');
35 -----------+-----+--------------------------------------------------
36 0/16B21F8 | 503 | opening a streamed block for transaction TXN 503
37 0/16B21F8 | 503 | streaming change for TXN 503
38 0/16B2300 | 503 | streaming change for TXN 503
39 0/16B2408 | 503 | streaming change for TXN 503
40 0/16BEBA0 | 503 | closing a streamed block for transaction TXN 503
41 0/16B21F8 | 503 | opening a streamed block for transaction TXN 503
42 0/16BECA8 | 503 | streaming change for TXN 503
43 0/16BEDB0 | 503 | streaming change for TXN 503
44 0/16BEEB8 | 503 | streaming change for TXN 503
45 0/16BEBA0 | 503 | closing a streamed block for transaction TXN 503
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