Re: UPDATE of partition key

Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>

From: Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>
To: Amit Khandekar <amitdkhan.pg@gmail.com>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8@lab.ntt.co.jp>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-05-17T06:36:41Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Amit Khandekar <amitdkhan.pg@gmail.com> wrote:
> Option 3
> --------
>
> BR, AR delete triggers on source partition
> BR, AR insert triggers on destination partition.
>
> Rationale :
> Since the update is converted to delete+insert, just skip the update
> triggers completely.

+1 to option3
Generally, BR triggers are used for updating the ROW value and AR
triggers to VALIDATE the row or to modify some other tables.  So it
seems that we can fire the triggers what is actual operation is
happening at the partition level.

For source partition, it's only the delete operation (no update
happened) so we fire delete triggers and for the destination only
insert operations so fire only inserts triggers.  That will keep the
things simple.  And, it will also be in sync with the actual partition
level delete/insert operations.

We may argue that user might have declared only update triggers and as
he has executed the update operation he may expect those triggers to
get fired.  But, I think this behaviour can be documented with the
proper logic that if the user is updating the partition key then he
must be ready with the Delete/Insert triggers also, he can not rely
only upon update level triggers.

Earlier I thought that option1 is better but later I think that this
can complicate the situation as we are firing first BR update then BR
delete and can change the row multiple time and defining such
behaviour can be complicated.

-- 
Regards,
Dilip Kumar
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com


Commits

  1. Avoid referencing off the end of subplan_partition_offsets.

  2. Allow UPDATE to move rows between partitions.

  3. Remove useless lookup of root partitioned rel in ExecInitModifyTable().

  4. Factor error generation out of ExecPartitionCheck.

  5. Minor preparatory refactoring for UPDATE row movement.

  6. Simplify and encapsulate tuple routing support code.

  7. Avoid coercing a whole-row variable that is already coerced.

  8. Use ResultRelInfo ** rather than ResultRelInfo * for tuple routing.

  9. Make RelationGetPartitionDispatchInfo expand depth-first.

  10. Expand partitioned tables in PartDesc order.

  11. Use a real RT index when setting up partition tuple routing.

  12. Fix transition tables for partition/inheritance.

  13. Fix confusion about number of subplans in partitioned INSERT setup.

  14. Prevent BEFORE triggers from violating partitioning constraints.

  15. Fire per-statement triggers on partitioned tables.

  16. Fix reporting of violations in ExecConstraints, again.

  17. Don't scan partitioned tables.

  18. Allow FDWs to push down quals without breaking EvalPlanQual rechecks.