<listitem>
<para>
Replicating between PostgreSQL instances on different platforms (for
- example Linux to Windows)
+ example Linux to Windows).
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
The subscriber database behaves in the same way as any other PostgreSQL
instance and can be used as a publisher for other databases by defining its
- own publications. When the subscriber is treated as read-only by
+ own publications. When the subscriber is treated as read-only by an
application, there will be no conflicts from a single subscription. On the
other hand, if there are other writes done either by an application or by other
subscribers to the same set of tables, conflicts can arise.
A <firstterm>subscription</firstterm> is the downstream side of logical
replication. The node where a subscription is defined is referred to as
the <firstterm>subscriber</firstterm>. A subscription defines the connection
- to another database and set of publications (one or more) to which it wants
- to subscribe.
+ to another database and the set of publications (one or more) to which it
+ wants to subscribe.
</para>
<para>
<note>
<para>
- If the subscriber is in a release prior to 15, copy pre-existing data
+ If the subscriber is in a release prior to 15, copying pre-existing data
doesn't use row filters even if they are defined in the publication.
This is because old releases can only copy the entire table data.
</para>
<sect2 id="logical-replication-snapshot">
<title>Initial Snapshot</title>
<para>
- The initial data in existing subscribed tables are snapshotted and
+ The initial data in existing subscribed tables is snapshotted and
copied in a parallel instance of a special kind of apply process.
This process will create its own replication slot and copy the existing
data. As soon as the copy is finished the table contents will become
</para>
<para>
- When a partitioned table is published via schema level publication, all
+ When a partitioned table is published via a schema-level publication, all
of its existing and future partitions are implicitly considered to be part of the
publication, regardless of whether they are from the publication schema or not.
So, even operations that are performed directly on a
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<para>
This parameter determines which DML operations will be published by
- the new publication to the subscribers. The value is
+ the new publication to the subscribers. The value is a
comma-separated list of operations. The allowed operations are
<literal>insert</literal>, <literal>update</literal>,
<literal>delete</literal>, and <literal>truncate</literal>.