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>SLONIK SET ADD TABLE</H1
><DIV
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><A
NAME="AEN7155"
></A
><H2
>Name</H2
>SET ADD TABLE&nbsp;--&nbsp; Add a table to a <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Slony-I</SPAN
>
    replication set </DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
><A
NAME="AEN7159"
></A
><H2
>Synopsis</H2
><P
><TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>SET ADD TABLE (options);</TT
></P
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><A
NAME="AEN7162"
></A
><H2
>Description</H2
><P
> Add an existing user table to a replication set. The set
    cannot currently be subscribed by any other node - that
    functionality is supported by the <A
HREF="stmtmergeset.html"
>SLONIK MERGE
     SET</A
>
    command.
     
     <P
></P
></P><DIV
CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
><DL
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
> SET ID = ival </TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> ID of the set to which the table is to be added. </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
> ORIGIN = ival </TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> Origin node for the set.  (Optional) </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
> ID = ival </TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> Unique ID of the table. These ID's are not
	 only used to uniquely identify the individual table within the
	 replication system. The numeric value of this ID also
	 determines the order in which the tables are locked in a <A
HREF="stmtlockset.html"
>SLONIK LOCK SET</A
> command for example. So
	 these numbers might represent any applicable table hierarchy
	 to make sure the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>slonik</SPAN
> command
	 scripts do not deadlock at any critical
	 moment. If this parameter is omitted then slonik will
	 check every node that it can connect to and find the 
	 highest table id being used across all nodes.</P
><P
> This ID must be unique across all sets; you cannot
         have two tables in the same cluster with the same
         ID. </P
><P
> Note that <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Slony-I</SPAN
> generates an in-memory array
	 indicating all of the fully qualified table names; if you use
	 large table ID numbers, the sparsely-utilized array can lead
	 to substantial wastage of memory.  Each potential table ID
	 consumes a pointer to a char, commonly costing 4 bytes per
	 table ID on 32 bit architectures, and 8 bytes per table ID on
	 64 bit architectures. </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
> FULLY QUALIFIED NAME = 'string' </TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> The full table name including the name of the schema. 
       This can be omitted if <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>TABLES</TT
> is specified instead
      </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
> KEY = { 'string' | SERIAL }
    </TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>     <SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>(Optional)</I
></SPAN
> The index name that covers the
     unique and not null set of columns to be used as the row identifier
     for replication purposes. Default
     is to use the table's primary key.  The index name is <SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>      not </I
></SPAN
> fully qualified; you must omit the
     namespace.</P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>TABLES = 'string' </TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>A POSIX regular expression that specifies the
	    list of tables that should be added.  This regular expression
	    is evaluated by <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> against the list of fully qualified table
	    names on the set origin to find the tables that should be added.
	    If <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>TABLES</TT
> is omitted then <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>	    FULLY QUALIFIED NAME</TT
> must be specified.
        </P
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><P
> The <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>TABLES</TT
> option requires
	that all the tables are in <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"good form"</SPAN
> to be replicated
	en masse.  The request will fail, not configuring any tables
	for replication, if it encounters any of the following
	problems:
	  <P
></P
></P><UL
><LI
><P
> Each table must have a <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>PRIMARY
	   KEY</TT
> defined, and a candidate primary key will not
	   suffice.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> If a table is found that is already
	   replicated, the request will fail.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> The <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>TABLES</TT
> option needs
	   to automatically assign table ID values, and looks through
	   the configuration on every node specified by <A
HREF="admconninfo.html"
>SLONIK ADMIN CONNINFO</A
>, finding the largest ID in use, and
	   starting after that for the table IDs that it
	   assigns.</P
><P
> It considers it a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"benign"</SPAN
> failure to
	    find a node that does not yet have a <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Slony-I</SPAN
> schema
	    assigned, as that may be expected to occur if tables are
	    configured before all the nodes have been configured using
	    <A
HREF="stmtstorenode.html"
>SLONIK STORE NODE</A
>.  If there is no <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Slony-I</SPAN
>
	    schema, then that node certainly hasn't contributed
	    anything to an increase in the table IDs in use.</P
><P
> On the other hand, if a node specified by <A
HREF="admconninfo.html"
>SLONIK ADMIN CONNINFO</A
> is not available to be queried,
	     the request <SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>will
	     fail.</I
></SPAN
></P
></LI
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><P></P
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></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
> COMMENT = 'string' </TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> A descriptive text added to the table entry.  </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>ADD SEQUENCES= boolean</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>A boolean value that indicates if any sequences attached
		to columns in this table should also be automatically
		 added to the replication set.  This defaults to false</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><P>
    </P
><P
> This uses <A
HREF="function.setaddtable-p-tab-comment-integer-p-tab-idxname-integer-p-fqname-text-p-tab-id-name-p-set-id-text.html"
>schemadocsetaddtable(p_tab_comment integer, p_tab_idxname integer, p_fqname text, p_tab_id name, p_set_id text)</A
>. </P
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><DIV
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><A
NAME="AEN7242"
></A
><H2
>Example</H2
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>SET ADD TABLE (
    SET ID = 1,
    ORIGIN = 1,
    ID = 20,
    FULLY QUALIFIED NAME = 'public.tracker_ticket',
    COMMENT = 'Support ticket',
    ADD SEQUENCES=false
);

or 

SET ADD TABLE (
    SET ID=1,
    TABLES='public\\.tracker*'
);

    </PRE
></DIV
><DIV
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><A
NAME="AEN7245"
></A
><H2
> Error Messages </H2
><P
> Here are some of the error messages you may encounter if
    adding tables incorrectly: </P
><P
></P
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><DL
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>Slony-I: setAddTable_int: table public.my_table PK column id nullable </TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> Primary keys (or candidates thereof) are
        required to have all column defined as <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>NOT
        NULL</TT
>.  If you have a PK candidate that has columns
        that are not thus restricted, <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Slony-I</SPAN
> will reject the table
        with this message. </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>Slony-I: setAddTable_int: table id 14 has already been assigned! </TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> The table id, stored in
        <TT
CLASS="ENVAR"
>sl_table.tab_id</TT
>, is required to be unique
        across all tables/nodes/sets.  Apparently you have tried to
        reused a table ID. </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
> Slony-I: setAddTable_int(): table public.my_table has no index mt_idx_14</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> This will normally occur with candidate
        primary keys; apparently the index specified is not available
        on this node. </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>Slony-I: setAddTable_int(): table public.my_table not found </TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> Worse than an index missing, the whole table
        is missing.  Apparently whatever process you were using to get
        the schema into place everywhere didn't work properly. </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
> Slony-I: setAddTable_int(): public.my_view is not a regular table </TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> You can only replicate (at least, using
        <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>SET ADD TABLE</TT
>) objects that are ordinary
        tables.  That doesn't include views or indexes.  (Indexes can
        come along for the ride, but you don't ask to replicate an
        index...)  </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
> Slony-I: setAddTable_int(): set 4 not found </TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> You need to define a replication set before
        assigning tables to it. </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
> Slony-I: setAddTable(): set 4 has remote origin </TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> This will occur if set 4 is configured with,
        as origin, node 1, and then you submit a <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>SET ADD
        TABLE</TT
> request involving that set to some other node
        than node 1.  This would be expected to occur if there was
        some confusion in the <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>admin conninfo</TT
>
        configuration in the slonik script preamble...</P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>Slony-I: cannot add table to currently subscribed set 1 </TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Slony-I</SPAN
> does not support adding tables to
        sets that are already participating in subscriptions.
        Instead, you need to define a new replication set, and add any
        new tables to <SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>that</I
></SPAN
> set.  You might then
        use <A
HREF="stmtmergeset.html"
>SLONIK MERGE
     SET</A
> to merge the new set into an
        existing one, if that seems appropriate. </P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
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><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN7298"
></A
><H2
> Locking Behaviour </H2
><P
> On the origin node, this operation requires a brief
    exclusive lock on the table in order to alter it to add 
    replication triggers.  On subscriber nodes, corresponding locking
    takes place at the time of the <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>SUBSCRIBE_SET</TT
>
    event.  </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN7302"
></A
><H2
> Slonik Event Confirmation Behaviour </H2
><P
> Slonik waits for the command submitted to the previous
	   event node to be confirmed on the specified event node before
	   submitting this command.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN7305"
></A
><H2
> Version Information </H2
><P
> This command was introduced in <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Slony-I</SPAN
> 1.0 </P
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