Changefeeds in Multi-Region Deployments

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Changefeeds are supported on regional by row tables. When working with changefeeds on regional by row tables, it is necessary to consider the following:

Note:

If the schema_change_policy changefeed option is configured to stop, the backfill will cause the changefeed to fail.

  • Setting a table to REGIONAL BY ROW will have an impact on the changefeed's output as a result of the schema change. The backfill and future updated or inserted rows will emit output that includes the newly added crdb_region column as part of the schema. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that programs consuming the changefeed can manage the new format of the primary keys.

  • Changing a row's region will appear as an insert and delete in the emitted changefeed output. For example, in the following output in which the region has been updated to us-east1, the insert messages are emitted followed by the delete messages:

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{"after": {"city": "washington dc", "crdb_region": "us-east1", "creation_time": "2019-01-02T03:04:05", "current_location": "52372 Katherine Plains", "ext": {"color": "black"}, "id": "54a69217-35ee-4000-8000-0000000001f0", "owner_id": "3dcc63f1-4120-4c00-8000-0000000004b7", "status": "in_use", "type": "scooter"}, "updated": "1632241564629087669.0000000000"}
{"after": {"city": "washington dc", "crdb_region": "us-east1", "creation_time": "2019-01-02T03:04:05", "current_location": "75024 Patrick Bridge", "ext": {"color": "black"}, "id": "54d242e6-bdc8-4400-8000-0000000001f1", "owner_id": "3ab9f559-b3d0-4c00-8000-00000000047b", "status": "in_use", "type": "scooter"}, "updated": "1632241564629087669.0000000000"}
{"after": {"city": "washington dc", "crdb_region": "us-east1", "creation_time": "2019-01-02T03:04:05", "current_location": "45597 Jackson Inlet", "ext": {"brand": "Schwinn", "color": "red"}, "id": "54fdf3b6-45a1-4c00-8000-0000000001f2", "owner_id": "4339c0eb-edfa-4400-8000-000000000521", "status": "in_use", "type": "bike"}, "updated": "1632241564629087669.0000000000"}
{"after": {"city": "washington dc", "crdb_region": "us-east1", "creation_time": "2019-01-02T03:04:05", "current_location": "18336 Katherine Port", "ext": {"color": "yellow"}, "id": "5529a485-cd7b-4000-8000-0000000001f3", "owner_id": "452bd3c3-6113-4000-8000-000000000547", "status": "in_use", "type": "scooter"}, "updated": "1632241564629087669.0000000000"}
{"after": null, "updated": "1632241564629087669.0000000000"}
{"after": null, "updated": "1632241564629087669.0000000000"}
{"after": null, "updated": "1632241564629087669.0000000000"}
{"after": null, "updated": "1632241564629087669.0000000000"}
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See the changefeed responses section for more general information on the messages emitted from a changefeed.

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