Re: Declarative partitioning - another take

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2016-08-16T18:54:52Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 7:09 AM, Amit Langote
<Langote_Amit_f8@lab.ntt.co.jp> wrote:
> 0002-psql-and-pg_dump-support-for-partitioned-tables.patch

+    if (pset.sversion >= 90600 && tableinfo.relkind == 'P')

Version check is redundant, right?

+) PARTITION BY RANGE ((a+b));
+\d describe_range_key
+Partitioned table "public.describe_range_key"
+ Column |  Type   | Modifiers
+--------+---------+-----------
+ a      | integer |
+ b      | integer |
+Partition Key: PARTITION BY RANGE (((a + b)))

I understand that it's probably difficult not to end up with two sets
of parentheses here, but can we avoid ending up with three sets?

Also, I wonder if pg_get_partkeydef() should omit "PARTITION BY" and
pg_dump can add that part back.  Then this could say:

Partition Key: RANGE ((a + b))

...which seems a good deal more natural than what you have now.

-- 
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company


Commits

  1. Fix typo.

  2. Document trigger-firing behavior for inheritance/partitioning.

  3. Fire per-statement triggers on partitioned tables.

  4. Set ecxt_scantuple correctly for tuple routing.

  5. Fix interaction of partitioned tables with BulkInsertState.

  6. Avoid core dump for empty prepared statement in an aborted transaction.

  7. Fix some problems in check_new_partition_bound().

  8. Remove unnecessary arguments from partitioning functions.

  9. Fix reporting of constraint violations for table partitioning.

  10. Fix tuple routing in cases where tuple descriptors don't match.

  11. Invalid parent's relcache after CREATE TABLE .. PARTITION OF.

  12. Doc: improve documentation about inheritance.