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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Subject: Re: unsupportable composite type partition keys
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Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 2:12 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Hm.  Seems like the restrictions here ought to be just about the same
>> as on index columns, no?

> We also need to disallow self-referencing composite type in the case
> of partitioning, because otherwise it leads to infinite recursion
> shown in my first email.

My point is basically that CheckAttributeType already covers that
issue, as well as a lot of others.  So why isn't the partitioning
code using it?

			regards, tom lane