Re: Add SPLIT PARTITION/MERGE PARTITIONS commands

Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>

From: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>
To: Dmitry Koval <d.koval@postgrespro.ru>
Cc: stephane tachoires <stephane.tachoires@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2025-01-31T09:07:17Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Commits

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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.

Hi, Dmitry!

On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM Dmitry Koval <d.koval@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
>
>  >Only patches v34-0001 and 2 has been tested.
>  >Patch v34-0003-Refactor-createPartitionTable-to-remove-ProcessU.patch
>  >do not apply anymore on src/backend/catalog/heap.c
>
> Thanks, rebased.
> The patches are attached to the email.

Thank you for the rebase.
I don't think we need a separate 0003 patch with refactoring.  It's
probably good idea to keep this functionality as a separate patch, but
let's make then it a 0001, which prepares functions used by 0002 and
0003.

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Regards,
Alexander Korotkov
Supabase