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Log Message: ----------- Make it clearer that SUBSCRIBE SET has two functionalities: 1. Setting up new subscriptions (which copy data from scratch) 2. Revising subscriptions (which doesn't copy data from scratch) Modified Files: -------------- slony1-engine/doc/adminguide: reshape.sgml (r1.19 -> r1.20) slonik_ref.sgml (r1.59 -> r1.60) -------------- next part -------------- Index: slonik_ref.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/slony1/slony1-engine/doc/adminguide/slonik_ref.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.59 retrieving revision 1.60 diff -Ldoc/adminguide/slonik_ref.sgml -Ldoc/adminguide/slonik_ref.sgml -u -w -r1.59 -r1.60 --- doc/adminguide/slonik_ref.sgml +++ doc/adminguide/slonik_ref.sgml @@ -1892,6 +1892,11 @@ <refsect1> <title>Description</title> + <para> This performs one of two actions: </para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem><para> Initiates replication for a replication set </para> <para> Causes a node (subscriber) to start replicating a set of tables either from the origin or from another provider node, which must itself already be be an active, forwarding subscriber.</para> @@ -1950,14 +1955,21 @@ until the provider is ready.</para> </warning> - <note><para> If you need to revise subscription information for a + </listitem> + + <listitem><para> Revising subscription information for already-subscribed nodes. </para> + + <para> If you need to revise subscription information for a node, you <emphasis>also</emphasis> submit the new information using this command, and the new configuration will be propagated throughout the replication network. The normal reason to revise this information is that you want a node to subscribe to a <emphasis> different </emphasis> provider node, or for a node to become a <quote>forwarding</quote> subscriber so it may later - become the provider for a later subscriber.</para> </note> + become the provider for a later subscriber.</para> + + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> <variablelist> <varlistentry><term><literal> ID = ival </literal></term> @@ -1984,7 +1996,6 @@ </varlistentry> </variablelist> - </para> <para> This uses &funsubscribeset;. </para> </refsect1> <refsect1><title>Example</title> Index: reshape.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/slony1/slony1-engine/doc/adminguide/reshape.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.19 retrieving revision 1.20 diff -Ldoc/adminguide/reshape.sgml -Ldoc/adminguide/reshape.sgml -u -w -r1.19 -r1.20 --- doc/adminguide/reshape.sgml +++ doc/adminguide/reshape.sgml @@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ its data from a different provider, or to change it to turn forwarding on or off. This can be accomplished by issuing the slonik <xref linkend="stmtsubscribeset"> operation with the new subscription -information for the node; &slony1; will change the -configuration.</para></listitem> +information for the node; &slony1; will change the configuration. No +need to ask for <xref linkend="stmtunsubscribeset">; no need for it to +start copying data from scratch; the <xref linkend="stmtsubscribeset"> +request will reshape the subscription <quote>on the fly</quote> and +allow data to remain consistent between nodes. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> If the directions of data flows have changed, it is doubtless appropriate to issue a set of <xref
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