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Re: ALTER TABLE SET ACCESS METHOD on partitioned tables

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

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From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl>
Cc: Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>, Soumyadeep Chakraborty <soumyadeep2007@gmail.com>, Zhihong Yu <zyu@yugabyte.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Ashwin Agrawal <ashwinstar@gmail.com>, vanjared@vmware.com
Date: 2024-03-01T05:14:47Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 05:43:25AM +0100, Jelte Fennema-Nio wrote:
> I think we should set the AM OID explicitly. Because an important
> thing to consider is: What behaviour makes sense when later
> default_table_access_method is changed?
> I think if someone sets it explicitly on the partitioned table, they
> would want the AM of the partitioned table to stay the same when
> default_table_access_method is changed. Which requires storing the AM
> OID afaict.

Oops, I think I misread that.  You just mean to always set relam when
using an AM in the SET ACCESS METHOD clause.  Apologies for the noise.
--
Michael

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  1. Add information about access method for partitioned relations in \dP+

  2. Fix dumps of partitioned tables with table AMs

  3. Don't use the pg_am system catalog in new test

  4. ALTER TABLE: rework determination of access method ID

  5. Allow specifying an access method for partitioned tables

  6. Review wording on tablespaces w.r.t. partitioned tables

  7. Add support for DEFAULT in ALTER TABLE .. SET ACCESS METHOD

  8. Update comment of AlterTableCmd->name in parsenodes.h