Re: partitioned tables referenced by FKs

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2018-11-30T19:12:16Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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Here's a more credible version of this patch series.

0001 refactors some duplicative code that interprets a pg_constraint row
for a foreign key back into a Constraint node.  Only what is necessary
for current features is read.

0002 moves some code that I added in 3de241dba86f to
src/backend/catalog/pg_constraint.c so that it appears in tablecmds.c
instead.  After developing the current patch I realized that the latter
is its natural home.

0003 changes the shape of a loop in deleteObjectsInList, so that I can
add object type-specific functions to be called before deleting an
object.  This is needed by 0004 and makes no sense on its own; I would
probably push both together, but splitting it like this makes it very
obvious what it is I'm doing.

0004 adds the feature itself

In 0004 there's also a new function "index_get_partition" which allows
to simplify some code I added in 8b08f7d4820f.  I will probably split it
up and commit separately because it's an obvious code beautify.

0005 modifies psql to show the constraint in a different way, which
makes more sense overall (rather than show the "internal" constraint
that concerns the partition, show the top-level contraint that concerns
the ancestor table on which it is defined.  This includes naming the
table in which the constraint is defined).

There's one half of 0005 that I think should be applied to pg11, because
when partitions have foreign keys, the display looks a bit odd
currently.  The other half I would probably merge into 0004 instead of
committing separately.  Even if not backpatched, it makes sense to apply
ahead of the rest because it changes expected output for a regression
test.

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Álvaro Herrera                https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services

Commits

  1. Support foreign keys that reference partitioned tables

  2. Fix partitioned index creation bug with dropped columns

  3. Improve psql's \d display of foreign key constraints

  4. Fix dependency recording bug for partitioned PKs

  5. Add index_get_partition convenience function

  6. Restore RI trigger sanity check

  7. Foreign keys on partitioned tables