Enabling and disabling column-level conflict resolution v5.6
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Column-level conflict detection uses the column_timestamps type. This type requires any user needing to detect column-level conflicts to have at least the bdr_application role assigned.
The bdr.alter_table_conflict_detection() function manages column-level conflict resolution.
Using bdr.alter_table_conflict_detection to enable column-level conflict resolution
The bdr.alter_table_conflict_detection function takes a table name and column name as its arguments. The column is added to the table as a column_modify_timestamp column. The function also adds two triggers (BEFORE INSERT and BEFORE UPDATE) that are responsible for maintaining timestamps in the new column before each change.
db=# CREATE TABLE my_app.test_table (id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, val INT); CREATE TABLE db=# ALTER TABLE my_app.test_table REPLICA IDENTITY FULL; ALTER TABLE db=# SELECT bdr.alter_table_conflict_detection( db(# 'my_app.test_table'::regclass, db(# 'column_modify_timestamp', 'cts'); alter_table_conflict_detection -------------------------------- t db=# \d my_app.test_table Table "my_app.test_table" Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default --------+-----------------------+-----------+----------+-------------------------------------------------- id | integer | | not null | nextval('my_app.test_table_id_seq'::regclass) val | integer | | | cts | bdr.column_timestamps | | not null | 's 1 775297963454602 0 0'::bdr.column_timestamps Indexes: "test_table_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id) Triggers: bdr_clcd_before_insert BEFORE INSERT ON my_app.test_table FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE FUNCTION bdr.column_timestamps_current_insert() bdr_clcd_before_update BEFORE UPDATE ON my_app.test_table FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE FUNCTION bdr.column_timestamps_current_update()
The new column specifies NOT NULL with a default value, which means that ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN doesn't perform a table rewrite.
Note
Avoid using columns with the bdr.column_timestamps data type for other purposes, as doing so can have negative effects. For example, it switches the table to column-level conflict resolution, which doesn't work correctly without the triggers.
Listing tables with column-level conflict resolution
You can list tables having column-level conflict resolution enabled with the following query.
SELECT nc.nspname, c.relname FROM pg_attribute a JOIN (pg_class c JOIN pg_namespace nc ON c.relnamespace = nc.oid) ON a.attrelid = c.oid JOIN (pg_type t JOIN pg_namespace nt ON t.typnamespace = nt.oid) ON a.atttypid = t.oid WHERE NOT pg_is_other_temp_schema(nc.oid) AND nt.nspname = 'bdr' AND t.typname = 'column_timestamps' AND NOT a.attisdropped AND c.relkind IN ('r', 'v', 'f', 'p');
This query detects the presence of a column of type bdr.column_timestamp.