Joe,

I don't have an answer for your first question, but take a look at

http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/slony1/genpage.php? 
slonik_commands#stmt_merge_set

I haven't used this before, but this exists to address your second  
question, I believe.

-tfo

On Aug 26, 2004, at 3:37 PM, joe wrote:

>         2. adding new tables to an existing replication set  
> (apparantly)
> requires unsubscribing that set, adding the table then re-subscribing
> the set. This forces a full dump of the table (and possibly full set?)
> when it happens. (Not fun when the table/set is several gigs). Do most
> people just make a new table set when they add tables to the
> source/master node or how do they deal with that situation?
>
>         Thanks in advance,
>                 -Joe Markwardt
>                 Intrepid Slony Explorer and Fledgling DBA