[Bucardo-general] Unable to add sync

[Shepard, Ric (DFG)]

I have been using Bucardo since 2008 (ver 4.0.3) for multi-master replication on production servers and have been frozen at version 4.5.0 since its release.

Now, in attempting to upgrade to Bucardo 5.5.0, I am at a standstill.

On PostgreSQL 9.6.15, with Bucardo 5.5.0, I am unable to create a sync.  Period.  I have uninstalled.  Reinstalled.  Checked versions of perl, DBI, DBD::Pg, DBIx::Safe, etc.  I have tried every combination of specifying goats, herds, dbgroups, etc.  All attempts at creating a sync result in:

Failed to add sync: DBD::Pg::st execute failed: ERROR:  DBD::Pg::st execute failed: ERROR:  null value in column "targetdb" violates not-null constraint
DETAIL:  Failing row contains (4234640, null, Sun Sep 15 14:36:46.367424 2019 AKDT, dbgroup tsync). at line 828. at line 30.
CONTEXT:  PL/Perl function "validate_sync" at /usr/local/bin/bucardo line 4670.

On a fresh Bucardo install:

bucardo add db dutobs dbname=obsdata host=database_host1 port=5432
Added database "dutobs"

bucardo add db kodobs dbname=obsdata host=database_host2 port=5432
Added database "kodobs"

bucardo add all tables
New tables added: 136

bucardo add sync tsync tables=table,table2,table3 dbs=dutobs:source,kodobs:target
WARNING:  Issuing rollback() due to DESTROY without explicit disconnect() of DBD::Pg::db handle dbname=obsdata;host=database_host1;port=5432 at line 828.
Failed to add sync: DBD::Pg::st execute failed: ERROR:  DBD::Pg::st execute failed: ERROR:  null value in column "targetdb" violates not-null constraint
DETAIL:  Failing row contains (4234640, null, Sun Sep 15 14:36:46.367424 2019 AKDT, dbgroup tsync). at line 828. at line 30.
CONTEXT:  PL/Perl function "validate_sync" at /usr/local/bin/bucardo line 4670.

I have tried many other combinations of supplying info to add sync: using pre-created herds, dbgroups, ... BUT ... most every attempt results in this error.

Any help or direction would be great appreciated.

- Ric Shepard

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Ric Shepard, Analyst/Programmer
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Commercial Fisheries, Westward Region
351 Research Court, Kodiak, AK 99615
907-486-1862 <ric.shepard at alaska.gov>