Take into account default_tablespace during MERGE/SPLIT PARTITION(S)
Alexander Korotkov <akorotkov@postgresql.org>
Author:
Alexander Korotkov <akorotkov@postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-06-26T12:25:13Z
Releases:
19 (unreleased)
Take into account default_tablespace during MERGE/SPLIT PARTITION(S) createPartitionTable() passed the partitioned parent's reltablespace straight to heap_create_with_catalog(), bypassing the default_tablespace GUC fallback that DefineRelation() applies for CREATE TABLE ... PARTITION OF. When the parent had no explicit tablespace (reltablespace = 0), the new partition unconditionally landed in the database default, even if default_tablespace was set to something else; merging or splitting a set of partitions that all lived in a non-default tablespace produced a new partition in the database default. Mirror DefineRelation()'s logic: take parent's reltablespace if set, otherwise check GetDefaultTablespace() (which reads default_tablespace and normalises pg_default / MyDatabaseTableSpace to InvalidOid). Also add the CREATE ACL check on the resolved tablespace and the pg_global rejection, matching DefineRelation()'s behavior. Update the documentation for MERGE/SPLIT PARTITION to spell out the tablespace-selection rule explicitly. Reported-by: Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com> Reviewed-by: Pavel Borisov <pashkin.elfe@gmail.com> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/ajQTklv8QArzTp3h%40pryzbyj2023
Files
| Path | Change | +/− |
|---|---|---|
| doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml | modified | +14 −4 |
| src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c | modified | +30 −1 |
| src/test/regress/expected/partition_merge.out | modified | +53 −0 |
| src/test/regress/expected/partition_split.out | modified | +68 −0 |
| src/test/regress/sql/partition_merge.sql | modified | +40 −0 |
| src/test/regress/sql/partition_split.sql | modified | +52 −0 |
Discussion
- Add SPLIT PARTITION/MERGE PARTITIONS commands 298 messages · 2022-05-31 → 2026-06-30