Re: MERGE PARTITIONS and DEPENDS ON EXTENSION.

Matheus Alcantara <matheusssilv97@gmail.com>

From: Matheus Alcantara <matheusssilv97@gmail.com>
To: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>, Kirill Reshke <reshkekirill@gmail.com>
Cc: Dmitry Koval <d.koval@postgrespro.ru>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-04-22T11:30:17Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 22/04/26 08:24, Alexander Korotkov wrote:
>>> +-- An index created directly on a partition has no parent in the partitioned
>>> +-- index tree; merge must ignore such indexes (they disappear with the old
>>> +-- partition).
>>> +CREATE INDEX part_extdep_3_extra_idx ON part_extdep_3(x);
>>> +ALTER TABLE part_extdep MERGE PARTITIONS (part_extdep_merged, part_extdep_3)
>>> +    INTO part_extdep_merged2;
>>> +SELECT relname FROM pg_class
>>> +WHERE relname LIKE 'part_extdep_merged2%idx' ORDER BY relname;
>>
>> Looks like this test is also redundant? This does not test new DEPENDS ON logic.
> 
> I've added the dependency on this index to check index disappears with
> its dependency.  I think this would make this test more relevant.
> 
> Kirill, Matheus, are you ok with these change?
> 
It works for me.

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  1. Preserve extension dependencies on indexes during partition merge/split