Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 20:18:16 +0100
From: Rory Campbell-Lange <rory@campbell-lange.net>
To: Robert Blayzor <rblayzor.bulk@inoc.net>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: PgSQL 14 - Logical Rep - Single table multiple publications?
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On 02/08/22, Robert Blayzor (rblayzor.bulk@inoc.net) wrote:
> On 8/2/22 10:57, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:
> > Special care must be taken with the "replica identity" of published
> > tables, as set out at
> > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/logical-replication-publication.html.
> 
> We would literally just be merging bulk data rows that are considered
> immutable, meaning they would never be updated or deleted. We would
> replicate only inserts, not deletes, updates, etc.
> 
> Would the table identifier still be required in this case?

On the page referenced above is the following:

"INSERT operations can proceed regardless of any replica identity."

So you should be good.

Rory