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Re: Add SPLIT PARTITION/MERGE PARTITIONS commands

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>, Dmitry Koval <d.koval@postgrespro.ru>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-04-15T15:38:04Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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  1. Adjust errcode in checkPartition()

  2. Fix usage of palloc() in MERGE/SPLIT PARTITION(s) code

  3. Implement ALTER TABLE ... SPLIT PARTITION ... command

  4. Implement ALTER TABLE ... MERGE PARTITIONS ... command

  5. Calculate agglevelsup correctly when Aggref contains a CTE.

  6. Use PqMsg_* macros in applyparallelworker.c.

  7. Restrict psql meta-commands in plain-text dumps.

  8. Ensure we have a snapshot when updating various system catalogs.

  9. Use specific collation where needed in new test

  10. Expand virtual generated columns in the planner

  11. Virtual generated columns

  12. Define PG_LOGICAL_DIR for path pg_logical/ in data folder

  13. Revert support for ALTER TABLE ... MERGE/SPLIT PARTITION(S) commands

  14. Avoid repeated table name lookups in createPartitionTable()

  15. Provide deterministic order for catalog queries in partition_split.sql

  16. Don't copy extended statistics during MERGE/SPLIT partition operations

  17. Fix the name collision detection in MERGE/SPLIT partition operations

  18. Fix regression tests conflict in 3ca43dbbb6

  19. Add permission check for MERGE/SPLIT partition operations

  20. Fix one more portability shortcoming in new test_pg_dump test.

  21. Inherit parent's AM for partition MERGE/SPLIT operations

  22. Add tab completion for partition MERGE/SPLIT operations

  23. Rename tables in tests of partition MERGE/SPLIT operations

  24. Make new partitions with parent's persistence during MERGE/SPLIT

  25. Document the way partition MERGE/SPLIT operations create new partitions

  26. Change the way ATExecMergePartitions() handles the name collision

  27. Grammar fixes for split/merge partitions code

  28. Checks for ALTER TABLE ... SPLIT/MERGE PARTITIONS ... commands

  29. Fix some grammer errors from error messages and codes comments

  30. Support TZ and OF format codes in to_timestamp().

  31. Support identity columns in partitioned tables

  32. Fix indentation in twophase.c

  33. Fix corner-case planner failure for MERGE.

  34. Doc: fix documentation example for bytea hex output format.

  35. Avoid repeated name lookups during table and index DDL.

On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 11:00 AM Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com> wrote:
> Initially I was confused by that message, because of:
> CREATE TABLE t (i int) PARTITION BY RANGE (i);
> CREATE FOREIGN TABLE ftp_0_1 PARTITION OF t
>    FOR VALUES FROM (0) TO (1)
>    SERVER loopback OPTIONS (table_name 'lt_0_1');
> CREATE FOREIGN TABLE ftp_1_2 PARTITION OF t
>    FOR VALUES FROM (1) TO (2)
>    SERVER loopback OPTIONS (table_name 'lt_1_2');
> ALTER TABLE t MERGE PARTITIONS (ftp_0_1, ftp_1_2) INTO ftp_0_2;
> ERROR:  "ftp_0_1" is not a table
> (Isn't a foreign table a table?)

I agree that this can be confusing, but a patch that is about adding
SPLIT and MERGE PARTITION operations cannot decide to also invent a
new error message phraseology and use it only in one place. We need to
maintain consistency across the whole code base.

-- 
Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com