From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: ALTER INDEX fails on partitioned index
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 21:11:14 -0300
Message-ID: <20200228001114.GA16911@alvherre.pgsql> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200227232513.GE29456@telsasoft.com>
On 2020-Feb-27, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> The attached allows CREATE/ALTER to specify reloptions on a partitioned table
> which are used as defaults for future children.
>
> I think that's a desirable behavior, same as for tablespaces. Michael
> mentioned that ALTER INDEX ONLY doesn't exist, but that's only an issue if
> ALTER acts recursively, which isn't the case here.
I think ALTER not acting recursively is a bug that we would do well not
to propagate any further. Enough effort we have to spend trying to fix
that already. Let's add ALTER .. ONLY if needed.
--
Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
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