Subject: Re: partition tree inspection functions
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From: Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8@lab.ntt.co.jp>
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Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 17:59:11 +0900
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To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>,
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On 2018/06/28 17:40, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 6/26/18 07:08, Amit Langote wrote:
>> As discussed a little while back [1] and also recently mentioned [2], here
>> is a patch that adds a set of functions to inspect the details of a
>> partition tree.  There are three functions:
>>
>> pg_partition_parent(regclass) returns regclass
>> pg_partition_root_parent(regclass) returns regclass
>> pg_partition_tree_tables(regclass) returns setof regclass
> 
> Does this add anything over writing a recursive query on pg_inherits?

As far as the information output is concerned, it doesn't.

Thanks,
Amit