CREATE TABLE test_replica_identity ( id serial primary key, keya text not null, keyb text not null, nonkey text, CONSTRAINT test_replica_identity_unique_defer UNIQUE (keya, keyb) DEFERRABLE, CONSTRAINT test_replica_identity_unique_nondefer UNIQUE (keya, keyb) ); CREATE TABLE test_replica_identity_othertable (id serial primary key); CREATE INDEX test_replica_identity_keyab ON test_replica_identity (keya, keyb); CREATE UNIQUE INDEX test_replica_identity_keyab_key ON test_replica_identity (keya, keyb); CREATE UNIQUE INDEX test_replica_identity_nonkey ON test_replica_identity (keya, nonkey); CREATE INDEX test_replica_identity_hash ON test_replica_identity USING hash (nonkey); WARNING: hash indexes are not WAL-logged and their use is discouraged CREATE UNIQUE INDEX test_replica_identity_expr ON test_replica_identity (keya, keyb, (3)); CREATE UNIQUE INDEX test_replica_identity_partial ON test_replica_identity (keya, keyb) WHERE keyb != '3'; -- default is 'd'/DEFAULT for user created tables SELECT relreplident FROM pg_class WHERE oid = 'test_replica_identity'::regclass; relreplident -------------- d (1 row) -- but 'none' for system tables SELECT relreplident FROM pg_class WHERE oid = 'pg_class'::regclass; relreplident -------------- n (1 row) SELECT relreplident FROM pg_class WHERE oid = 'pg_constraint'::regclass; relreplident -------------- n (1 row) ---- -- Make sure we detect ineligible indexes ---- -- fail, not unique ALTER TABLE test_replica_identity REPLICA IDENTITY USING INDEX test_replica_identity_keyab; ERROR: cannot use non-unique index "test_replica_identity_keyab" as replica identity -- fail, not a candidate key, nullable column ALTER TABLE test_replica_identity REPLICA IDENTITY USING INDEX test_replica_identity_nonkey; ERROR: index "test_replica_identity_nonkey" cannot be used as replica identity because column "nonkey" is nullable -- fail, hash indexes cannot do uniqueness ALTER TABLE test_replica_identity REPLICA IDENTITY USING INDEX test_replica_identity_hash; ERROR: cannot use non-unique index "test_replica_identity_hash" as replica identity -- fail, expression index ALTER TABLE test_replica_identity REPLICA IDENTITY USING INDEX test_replica_identity_expr; ERROR: cannot use expression index "test_replica_identity_expr" as replica identity -- fail, partial index ALTER TABLE test_replica_identity REPLICA IDENTITY USING INDEX test_replica_identity_partial; ERROR: cannot use partial index "test_replica_identity_partial" as replica identity -- fail, not our index ALTER TABLE test_replica_identity REPLICA IDENTITY USING INDEX test_replica_identity_othertable_pkey; ERROR: "test_replica_identity_othertable_pkey" is not an index for table "test_replica_identity" -- fail, deferrable ALTER TABLE test_replica_identity REPLICA IDENTITY USING INDEX test_replica_identity_unique_defer; ERROR: cannot use non-immediate index "test_replica_identity_unique_defer" as replica identity SELECT relreplident FROM pg_class WHERE oid = 'test_replica_identity'::regclass; relreplident -------------- d (1 row) ---- -- Make sure index cases succeeed ---- -- succeed, primary key ALTER TABLE test_replica_identity REPLICA IDENTITY USING INDEX test_replica_identity_pkey; SELECT relreplident FROM pg_class WHERE oid = 'test_replica_identity'::regclass; relreplident -------------- i (1 row) \d test_replica_identity Table "public.test_replica_identity" Column | Type | Modifiers --------+---------+-------------------------------------------------------------------- id | integer | not null default nextval('test_replica_identity_id_seq'::regclass) keya | text | not null keyb | text | not null nonkey | text | Indexes: "test_replica_identity_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id) REPLICA IDENTITY "test_replica_identity_expr" UNIQUE, btree (keya, keyb, (3)) "test_replica_identity_keyab_key" UNIQUE, btree (keya, keyb) "test_replica_identity_nonkey" UNIQUE, btree (keya, nonkey) "test_replica_identity_partial" UNIQUE, btree (keya, keyb) WHERE keyb <> '3'::text "test_replica_identity_unique_defer" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (keya, keyb) DEFERRABLE "test_replica_identity_unique_nondefer" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (keya, keyb) "test_replica_identity_hash" hash (nonkey) "test_replica_identity_keyab" btree (keya, keyb) -- succeed, nondeferrable unique constraint over nonullable cols ALTER TABLE test_replica_identity REPLICA IDENTITY USING INDEX test_replica_identity_unique_nondefer; -- succeed unique index over nonnullable cols ALTER TABLE test_replica_identity REPLICA IDENTITY USING INDEX test_replica_identity_keyab_key; ALTER TABLE test_replica_identity REPLICA IDENTITY USING INDEX test_replica_identity_keyab_key; SELECT relreplident FROM pg_class WHERE oid = 'test_replica_identity'::regclass; relreplident -------------- i (1 row) \d test_replica_identity Table "public.test_replica_identity" Column | Type | Modifiers --------+---------+-------------------------------------------------------------------- id | integer | not null default nextval('test_replica_identity_id_seq'::regclass) keya | text | not null keyb | text | not null nonkey | text | Indexes: "test_replica_identity_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id) "test_replica_identity_expr" UNIQUE, btree (keya, keyb, (3)) "test_replica_identity_keyab_key" UNIQUE, btree (keya, keyb) REPLICA IDENTITY "test_replica_identity_nonkey" UNIQUE, btree (keya, nonkey) "test_replica_identity_partial" UNIQUE, btree (keya, keyb) WHERE keyb <> '3'::text "test_replica_identity_unique_defer" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (keya, keyb) DEFERRABLE "test_replica_identity_unique_nondefer" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (keya, keyb) "test_replica_identity_hash" hash (nonkey) "test_replica_identity_keyab" btree (keya, keyb) SELECT count(*) FROM pg_index WHERE indrelid = 'test_replica_identity'::regclass AND indisreplident; count ------- 1 (1 row) ---- -- Make sure non index cases work ---- ALTER TABLE test_replica_identity REPLICA IDENTITY DEFAULT; SELECT relreplident FROM pg_class WHERE oid = 'test_replica_identity'::regclass; relreplident -------------- d (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM pg_index WHERE indrelid = 'test_replica_identity'::regclass AND indisreplident; count ------- 0 (1 row) ALTER TABLE test_replica_identity REPLICA IDENTITY FULL; SELECT relreplident FROM pg_class WHERE oid = 'test_replica_identity'::regclass; relreplident -------------- f (1 row) \d+ test_replica_identity Table "public.test_replica_identity" Column | Type | Modifiers | Storage | Stats target | Description --------+---------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+--------------+------------- id | integer | not null default nextval('test_replica_identity_id_seq'::regclass) | plain | | keya | text | not null | extended | | keyb | text | not null | extended | | nonkey | text | | extended | | Indexes: "test_replica_identity_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id) "test_replica_identity_expr" UNIQUE, btree (keya, keyb, (3)) "test_replica_identity_keyab_key" UNIQUE, btree (keya, keyb) "test_replica_identity_nonkey" UNIQUE, btree (keya, nonkey) "test_replica_identity_partial" UNIQUE, btree (keya, keyb) WHERE keyb <> '3'::text "test_replica_identity_unique_defer" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (keya, keyb) DEFERRABLE "test_replica_identity_unique_nondefer" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (keya, keyb) "test_replica_identity_hash" hash (nonkey) "test_replica_identity_keyab" btree (keya, keyb) Replica Identity: FULL ALTER TABLE test_replica_identity REPLICA IDENTITY NOTHING; SELECT relreplident FROM pg_class WHERE oid = 'test_replica_identity'::regclass; relreplident -------------- n (1 row) DROP TABLE test_replica_identity; DROP TABLE test_replica_identity_othertable;