Re: using index or check in ALTER TABLE SET NOT NULL

Sergei Kornilov <sk@zsrv.org>

From: Sergei Kornilov <sk@zsrv.org>
To: PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Ildar Musin <i.musin@postgrespro.ru>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2018-04-15T07:09:11Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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Hello
Attached updated patch follows recent Reorganize partitioning code commit.
regards, Sergei

Commits

  1. Avoid using INFO elevel for what are fundamentally debug messages.

  2. Revert setting client_min_messages to 'debug1' in new tests.

  3. Allow ALTER TABLE .. SET NOT NULL to skip provably unnecessary scans.

  4. Improve predtest.c's internal docs, and enhance its functionality a bit.