Google Cloud PostgreSQL

Last updated on Sep 19, 2023

Google Cloud PostgreSQL is a fully-managed database service that helps you set up, maintain, manage, and administer your PostgreSQL relational databases on the Google Cloud platform.

You can ingest data from your Google Cloud PostgreSQL database using Hevo Pipelines and replicate it to a Destination of your choice.


Source Considerations

  • If you add a column with a default value to a table in PostgreSQL, entries with it are created in the WAL only for the rows that are added or updated after the column is added. As a result, in the case of log-based Pipelines, Hevo cannot capture the column value for the unchanged rows. To capture those values, you need to:

    • Restart the historical load for the respective object.

    • Run a query in the Destination to add the column and its value to all rows.

Limitations

  • The data type Array in the Source is automatically mapped to Varchar at the Destination. No other mapping is currently supported.

  • Hevo does not support data replication from foreign tables, temporary tables, and views.


See Also


Revision History

Refer to the following table for the list of key updates made to this page:

Date Release Description of Change
Sep-19-2023 NA Updated section, Limitations to add information about Hevo not supporting data replication from certain tables.
Jun-26-2023 NA Added section, Source Considerations.
Apr-21-2023 NA Updated section, Specify Google Cloud PostgreSQL Connection Settings to add a note to inform users that all loaded Events are billable for Custom SQL mode-based Pipelines.
Mar-09-2023 2.09 Updated section, Specify Google Cloud PostgreSQL Connection Settings to mention about SEE MORE in the Select an Ingestion Mode section.
Dec-19-2022 2.04 Updated section, Specify Google Cloud PostgreSQL Connection Settings to add information that you must specify all fields to create a Pipeline.
Dec-07-2022 2.03 Updated section, Specify Google Cloud PostgreSQL Connection Settings to mention about including skipped objects post-Pipeline creation.
Dec-07-2022 2.03 Updated section, Specify Google Cloud PostgreSQL Connection Settings to mention about the connectivity checker.
Jul-04-2022 NA - Added sections, Specify Google Cloud PostgreSQL Connection Settings and Object Settings.
Mar-07-2022 1.83 Updated the section, Prerequisites with a note about the logical replication.
Jan-24-2022 1.80 Removed from Limitations that Hevo does not support UUID datatype as primary key.
Dec-20-2021 1.78 Updated section, Set up Log-based Incremental Replication.
Sep-09-2021 1.71 - Updated the section, Limitations to include information about columns with the UUID data type not being supported as a primary key.
- Added WAL replication mode in the Prerequisites section.
- Replaced the section Grant Privileges to the User with Create a Replication User and Grant Privileges.
Jun-14-2021 1.65 Updated the Grant Privileges to the User section to include latest commands.

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