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From: Alberto Piai <alberto.piai@gmail.com>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Alberto Piai <alberto.piai@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Cc: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
Subject: Re: Adding a stored generated column without long-lived locks
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:50:15 +0200
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On Wed Aug 26, 2026 at 7:20 AM CEST, Laurenz Albe wrote:
>> Since the root of the hierarchy is in both cases just a table
>> (partitoned or not), what about just calling it a table?
>> 
>>   ERROR:  cannot convert column "c" to generated
>>   DETAIL:  Converting only part of a partitioning or inheritance hierarchy is not supported.
>>   HINT:  Use this command on the root table without specifying ONLY.
>
> Both variants look fine to me.  Pick the one you prefer.

OK, I went with "table" then.

Here's v9, rebased on top of current master.


Best regards,

Alberto


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Alberto Piai
Sensational AG
Zürich, Switzerland


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