-- predictability SET synchronous_commit = on; SELECT 'init' FROM pg_create_logical_replication_slot('regression_slot', 'test_decoding'); ?column? ---------- init (1 row) -- succeeds, textual plugin, textual consumer SELECT data FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'force-binary', '0', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1'); data ------ (0 rows) -- fails, binary plugin, textual consumer SELECT data FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'force-binary', '1', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1'); ERROR: logical decoding output plugin "test_decoding" produces binary output, but function "pg_logical_slot_get_changes(name,pg_lsn,integer,text[])" expects textual data -- succeeds, textual plugin, binary consumer SELECT data FROM pg_logical_slot_get_binary_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'force-binary', '0', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1'); data ------ (0 rows) -- succeeds, binary plugin, binary consumer SELECT data FROM pg_logical_slot_get_binary_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'force-binary', '1', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1'); data ------ (0 rows) SELECT 'init' FROM pg_drop_replication_slot('regression_slot'); ?column? ---------- init (1 row)