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* [PATCH 1/3] Improve CREATE TABLE documentation of partitioning
@ 2017-01-26 09:57 amit <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 33+ messages in thread

From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
-- 
2.11.0


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* [PATCH 1/4] Improve CREATE TABLE documentation of partitioning
@ 2017-01-26 09:57 amit <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 33+ messages in thread

From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/3] Improve CREATE TABLE documentation of partitioning
@ 2017-01-26 09:57 amit <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 33+ messages in thread

From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
-- 
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@ 2017-01-26 09:57 amit <[email protected]>
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
-- 
2.11.0


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* [PATCH 1/4] Improve CREATE TABLE documentation of partitioning
@ 2017-01-26 09:57 amit <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 33+ messages in thread

From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
-- 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
-- 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
-- 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
-- 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
-- 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
-- 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
-- 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
-- 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
-- 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
-- 
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From: amit @ 2017-01-26 09:57 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 58f8bf6d6a..5596250aef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">partition_bound_spec</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
-{ IN ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) |
-  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
+{ IN ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | NULL } [, ...] ) |
+  FROM ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) TO ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">bound_literal</replaceable> | UNBOUNDED } [, ...] ) }
 
 <phrase><replaceable class="PARAMETER">index_parameters</replaceable> in <literal>UNIQUE</literal>, <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>, and <literal>EXCLUDE</literal> constraints are:</phrase>
 
@@ -261,6 +261,44 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       any existing partition of that parent.
      </para>
 
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Each of the values specified in the partition bound specification is
+       a literal, <literal>NULL</literal>, or <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal>.
+       A literal is either a numeric constant or a string constant that can be
+       automatically coerced to the corresponding partition key column's type.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with
+       <literal>FROM</literal> is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound
+       specified with <literal>TO</literal> is an exclusive bound.  That is,
+       the values specified in the <literal>FROM</literal> list are accepted
+       values of the corresponding partition key columns in a given partition,
+       whereas those in the <literal>TO</literal> list are not.  To be precise,
+       this applies only to the first of the partition key columns for which
+       the corresponding values in the <literal>FROM</literal> and
+       <literal>TO</literal> lists are not equal.  All rows in a given
+       partition contain the same values for all preceding columns, equal to
+       those specified in <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>TO</literal>
+       lists.  On the other hand, any subsequent columns are insignificant
+       as far as implicit partition constraint is concerned.
+
+       Specifying <literal>UNBOUNDED</literal> in <literal>FROM</literal>
+       signifies <literal>-infinity</literal> as the lower bound of the
+       corresponding column, whereas it signifies <literal>+infinity</literal>
+       as the upper bound when specified in <literal>TO</literal>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       When creating a list partition, <literal>NULL</literal> can be specified
+       to signify that the partition allows the partition key column to be null.
+       However, there cannot be more than one such list partitions for a given
+       parent table.  <literal>NULL</literal> cannot specified for range
+       partitions.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+
      <para>
       A partition cannot have columns other than those inherited from the
       parent.  That includes the <structfield>oid</> column, which can be
@@ -386,11 +424,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       <firstterm>partitioned</firstterm> table.  The parenthesized list of
       columns or expressions forms the <firstterm>partition key</firstterm>
       for the table.  When using range partitioning, the partition key can
-      include multiple columns or expressions, but for list partitioning, the
-      partition key must consist of a single column or expression.  If no
-      btree operator class is specified when creating a partitioned table,
-      the default btree operator class for the datatype will be used.  If
-      there is none, an error will be reported.
+      include multiple columns or expressions (up to 32, but this limit can
+      altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.), but for
+      list partitioning, the partition key must consist of a single column or
+      expression.  If no btree operator class is specified when creating a
+      partitioned table, the default btree operator class for the datatype will
+      be used.  If there is none, an error will be reported.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -1485,6 +1524,16 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement (
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a range partitioned table with multiple columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_year_month (
+    logdate         date not null,
+    peaktemp        int,
+    unitsales       int
+) PARTITION BY RANGE (EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE logdate), EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE logdate));
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities (
@@ -1504,6 +1553,27 @@ CREATE TABLE measurement_y2016m07
 </programlisting></para>
 
   <para>
+   Create a few partitions of a range partitioned table with multiple
+   columns in the partition key:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_older
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (unbounded, unbounded) TO (2016, 11);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m11
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 11) TO (2016, 12);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2016m12
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2016, 12) TO (2017, 01);
+
+CREATE TABLE measurement_ym_y2017m01
+    PARTITION OF measurement_year_month
+    FOR VALUES FROM (2017, 01) TO (2017, 02);
+</programlisting></para>
+
+  <para>
    Create partition of a list partitioned table:
 <programlisting>
 CREATE TABLE cities_ab
@@ -1705,6 +1775,25 @@ CREATE TABLE cities_ab_10000_to_100000
     effect can be had using the OID feature.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION BY</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION BY</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
+  <refsect2>
+   <title><literal>PARTITION OF</> Clause</title>
+
+   <para>
+    The <literal>PARTITION OF</> clause is a
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+
  </refsect1>
 
 
-- 
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* [PATCH v12 6/7] Row pattern recognition patch (tests).
@ 2023-12-04 11:23 Tatsuo Ishii <[email protected]>
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From: Tatsuo Ishii @ 2023-12-04 11:23 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/test/regress/expected/rpr.out  | 821 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/test/regress/parallel_schedule |   2 +-
 src/test/regress/sql/rpr.sql       | 392 ++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 1214 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/regress/expected/rpr.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/regress/sql/rpr.sql

diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rpr.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rpr.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8998ebf45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rpr.out
@@ -0,0 +1,821 @@
+--
+-- Test for row pattern definition clause
+--
+CREATE TEMP TABLE stock (
+       company TEXT,
+       tdate DATE,
+       price INTEGER
+);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-01', 100);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-02', 200);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-03', 150);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-04', 140);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-05', 150);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-06', 90);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-07', 110);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-08', 130);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-09', 120);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-10', 130);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-01', 50);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-02', 2000);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-03', 1500);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-04', 1400);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-05', 1500);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-06', 60);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-07', 1100);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-08', 1300);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-09', 1200);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-10', 1300);
+SELECT * FROM stock;
+ company  |   tdate    | price 
+----------+------------+-------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300
+(20 rows)
+
+-- basic test using PREV
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w,
+ nth_value(tdate, 2) OVER w AS nth_second
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+ company  |   tdate    | price | first_value | last_value | nth_second 
+----------+------------+-------+-------------+------------+------------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100 |         100 |        140 | 07-02-2023
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90 |          90 |        120 | 07-07-2023
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50 |          50 |       1400 | 07-02-2023
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60 |          60 |       1200 | 07-07-2023
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300 |             |            | 
+(20 rows)
+
+-- basic test using PREV. UP appears twice
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w,
+ nth_value(tdate, 2) OVER w AS nth_second
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+ UP+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+ company  |   tdate    | price | first_value | last_value | nth_second 
+----------+------------+-------+-------------+------------+------------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100 |         100 |        150 | 07-02-2023
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90 |          90 |        130 | 07-07-2023
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50 |          50 |       1500 | 07-02-2023
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60 |          60 |       1300 | 07-07-2023
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300 |             |            | 
+(20 rows)
+
+-- basic test using PREV. Use '*'
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w,
+ nth_value(tdate, 2) OVER w AS nth_second
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP* DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+ company  |   tdate    | price | first_value | last_value | nth_second 
+----------+------------+-------+-------------+------------+------------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100 |         100 |        140 | 07-02-2023
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150 |         150 |         90 | 07-06-2023
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110 |         110 |        120 | 07-08-2023
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50 |          50 |       1400 | 07-02-2023
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500 |        1500 |         60 | 07-06-2023
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100 |        1100 |       1200 | 07-08-2023
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300 |             |            | 
+(20 rows)
+
+-- basic test with none greedy pattern
+SELECT company, tdate, price, count(*) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (A A A)
+ DEFINE
+  A AS price >= 140 AND price <= 150
+);
+ company  |   tdate    | price | count 
+----------+------------+-------+-------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100 |     0
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200 |     0
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150 |     3
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140 |      
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150 |      
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90 |     0
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110 |     0
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130 |     0
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120 |     0
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130 |     0
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50 |     0
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000 |     0
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500 |     0
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400 |     0
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500 |     0
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60 |     0
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100 |     0
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300 |     0
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200 |     0
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300 |     0
+(20 rows)
+
+-- last_value() should remain consistent
+SELECT company, tdate, price, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+ company  |   tdate    | price | last_value 
+----------+------------+-------+------------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100 |        140
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200 |           
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150 |           
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140 |           
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150 |           
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90 |        120
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110 |           
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130 |           
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120 |           
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130 |           
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50 |       1400
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000 |           
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500 |           
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400 |           
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500 |           
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60 |       1200
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100 |           
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300 |           
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200 |           
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300 |           
+(20 rows)
+
+-- omit "START" in DEFINE but it is ok because "START AS TRUE" is
+-- implicitly defined. per spec.
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w,
+ nth_value(tdate, 2) OVER w AS nth_second
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+ company  |   tdate    | price | first_value | last_value | nth_second 
+----------+------------+-------+-------------+------------+------------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100 |         100 |        140 | 07-02-2023
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90 |          90 |        120 | 07-07-2023
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120 |             |            | 
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50 |          50 |       1400 | 07-02-2023
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60 |          60 |       1200 | 07-07-2023
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200 |             |            | 
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300 |             |            | 
+(20 rows)
+
+-- the first row start with less than or equal to 100
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (LOWPRICE UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  LOWPRICE AS price <= 100,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+ company  |   tdate    | price | first_value | last_value 
+----------+------------+-------+-------------+------------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100 |         100 |        140
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90 |          90 |        120
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50 |          50 |       1400
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60 |          60 |       1200
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300 |             |           
+(20 rows)
+
+-- second row raises 120%
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (LOWPRICE UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  LOWPRICE AS price <= 100,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price) * 1.2,
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+ company  |   tdate    | price | first_value | last_value 
+----------+------------+-------+-------------+------------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100 |         100 |        140
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50 |          50 |       1400
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300 |             |           
+(20 rows)
+
+-- using NEXT
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UPDOWN)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UPDOWN AS price > PREV(price) AND price > NEXT(price)
+);
+ company  |   tdate    | price | first_value | last_value 
+----------+------------+-------+-------------+------------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100 |         100 |        200
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140 |         140 |        150
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110 |         110 |        130
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50 |          50 |       2000
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400 |        1400 |       1500
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100 |        1100 |       1300
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300 |             |           
+(20 rows)
+
+-- using AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UPDOWN)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UPDOWN AS price > PREV(price) AND price > NEXT(price)
+);
+ company  |   tdate    | price | first_value | last_value 
+----------+------------+-------+-------------+------------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100 |         100 |        200
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140 |         140 |        150
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110 |         110 |        130
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50 |          50 |       2000
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400 |        1400 |       1500
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100 |        1100 |       1300
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300 |             |           
+(20 rows)
+
+-- match everything
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST ROW
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (A+)
+ DEFINE
+  A AS TRUE
+);
+ company  |   tdate    | price | first_value | last_value 
+----------+------------+-------+-------------+------------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100 |         100 |        130
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120 |             |           
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50 |          50 |       1300
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200 |             |           
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300 |             |           
+(20 rows)
+
+-- backtracking with reclassification of rows
+-- using AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST ROW
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(tdate) OVER w, last_value(tdate) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST ROW
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (A+ B+)
+ DEFINE
+  A AS price > 100,
+  B AS price > 100
+);
+ company  |   tdate    | price | first_value | last_value 
+----------+------------+-------+-------------+------------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100 |             | 
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200 | 07-02-2023  | 07-05-2023
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150 |             | 
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140 |             | 
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150 |             | 
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90 |             | 
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110 | 07-07-2023  | 07-10-2023
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130 |             | 
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120 |             | 
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130 |             | 
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50 |             | 
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000 | 07-02-2023  | 07-05-2023
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500 |             | 
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400 |             | 
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500 |             | 
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60 |             | 
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100 | 07-07-2023  | 07-10-2023
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300 |             | 
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200 |             | 
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300 |             | 
+(20 rows)
+
+-- backtracking with reclassification of rows
+-- using AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(tdate) OVER w, last_value(tdate) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (A+ B+)
+ DEFINE
+  A AS price > 100,
+  B AS price > 100
+);
+ company  |   tdate    | price | first_value | last_value 
+----------+------------+-------+-------------+------------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100 |             | 
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200 | 07-02-2023  | 07-05-2023
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150 | 07-03-2023  | 07-05-2023
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140 | 07-04-2023  | 07-05-2023
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150 |             | 
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90 |             | 
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110 | 07-07-2023  | 07-10-2023
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130 | 07-08-2023  | 07-10-2023
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120 | 07-09-2023  | 07-10-2023
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130 |             | 
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50 |             | 
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000 | 07-02-2023  | 07-05-2023
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500 | 07-03-2023  | 07-05-2023
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400 | 07-04-2023  | 07-05-2023
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500 |             | 
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60 |             | 
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100 | 07-07-2023  | 07-10-2023
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300 | 07-08-2023  | 07-10-2023
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200 | 07-09-2023  | 07-10-2023
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300 |             | 
+(20 rows)
+
+-- ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND offset FOLLOWING
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(tdate) OVER w, last_value(tdate) OVER w,
+ count(*) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND 2 FOLLOWING
+ AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST ROW
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+ company  |   tdate    | price | first_value | last_value | count 
+----------+------------+-------+-------------+------------+-------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100 | 07-01-2023  | 07-03-2023 |     3
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200 |             |            |      
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150 |             |            |      
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140 | 07-04-2023  | 07-06-2023 |     3
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150 |             |            |      
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90 |             |            |      
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110 | 07-07-2023  | 07-09-2023 |     3
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130 |             |            |      
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120 |             |            |      
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130 |             |            |     0
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50 | 07-01-2023  | 07-03-2023 |     3
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000 |             |            |      
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500 |             |            |      
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400 | 07-04-2023  | 07-06-2023 |     3
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500 |             |            |      
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60 |             |            |      
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100 | 07-07-2023  | 07-09-2023 |     3
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300 |             |            |      
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200 |             |            |      
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300 |             |            |     0
+(20 rows)
+
+--
+-- Aggregates
+--
+-- using AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST ROW
+SELECT company, tdate, price,
+ first_value(price) OVER w,
+ last_value(price) OVER w,
+ max(price) OVER w,
+ min(price) OVER w,
+ sum(price) OVER w,
+ avg(price) OVER w,
+ count(price) OVER w
+FROM stock
+WINDOW w AS (
+PARTITION BY company
+ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST ROW
+INITIAL
+PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+DEFINE
+START AS TRUE,
+UP AS price > PREV(price),
+DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+ company  |   tdate    | price | first_value | last_value | max  | min | sum  |          avg          | count 
+----------+------------+-------+-------------+------------+------+-----+------+-----------------------+-------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100 |         100 |        140 |  200 | 100 |  590 |  147.5000000000000000 |     4
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200 |             |            |      |     |      |                       |      
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150 |             |            |      |     |      |                       |      
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140 |             |            |      |     |      |                       |      
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150 |             |            |      |     |      |                       |     0
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90 |          90 |        120 |  130 |  90 |  450 |  112.5000000000000000 |     4
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110 |             |            |      |     |      |                       |      
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130 |             |            |      |     |      |                       |      
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120 |             |            |      |     |      |                       |      
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130 |             |            |      |     |      |                       |     0
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50 |          50 |       1400 | 2000 |  50 | 4950 | 1237.5000000000000000 |     4
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000 |             |            |      |     |      |                       |      
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500 |             |            |      |     |      |                       |      
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400 |             |            |      |     |      |                       |      
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500 |             |            |      |     |      |                       |     0
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60 |          60 |       1200 | 1300 |  60 | 3660 |  915.0000000000000000 |     4
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100 |             |            |      |     |      |                       |      
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300 |             |            |      |     |      |                       |      
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200 |             |            |      |     |      |                       |      
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300 |             |            |      |     |      |                       |     0
+(20 rows)
+
+-- using AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW
+SELECT company, tdate, price,
+ first_value(price) OVER w,
+ last_value(price) OVER w,
+ max(price) OVER w,
+ min(price) OVER w,
+ sum(price) OVER w,
+ avg(price) OVER w,
+ count(price) OVER w
+FROM stock
+WINDOW w AS (
+PARTITION BY company
+ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW
+INITIAL
+PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+DEFINE
+START AS TRUE,
+UP AS price > PREV(price),
+DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+ company  |   tdate    | price | first_value | last_value | max  | min  | sum  |          avg          | count 
+----------+------------+-------+-------------+------------+------+------+------+-----------------------+-------
+ company1 | 07-01-2023 |   100 |         100 |        140 |  200 |  100 |  590 |  147.5000000000000000 |     4
+ company1 | 07-02-2023 |   200 |             |            |      |      |      |                       |     0
+ company1 | 07-03-2023 |   150 |             |            |      |      |      |                       |     0
+ company1 | 07-04-2023 |   140 |         140 |         90 |  150 |   90 |  380 |  126.6666666666666667 |     3
+ company1 | 07-05-2023 |   150 |             |            |      |      |      |                       |     0
+ company1 | 07-06-2023 |    90 |          90 |        120 |  130 |   90 |  450 |  112.5000000000000000 |     4
+ company1 | 07-07-2023 |   110 |         110 |        120 |  130 |  110 |  360 |  120.0000000000000000 |     3
+ company1 | 07-08-2023 |   130 |             |            |      |      |      |                       |     0
+ company1 | 07-09-2023 |   120 |             |            |      |      |      |                       |     0
+ company1 | 07-10-2023 |   130 |             |            |      |      |      |                       |     0
+ company2 | 07-01-2023 |    50 |          50 |       1400 | 2000 |   50 | 4950 | 1237.5000000000000000 |     4
+ company2 | 07-02-2023 |  2000 |             |            |      |      |      |                       |     0
+ company2 | 07-03-2023 |  1500 |             |            |      |      |      |                       |     0
+ company2 | 07-04-2023 |  1400 |        1400 |         60 | 1500 |   60 | 2960 |  986.6666666666666667 |     3
+ company2 | 07-05-2023 |  1500 |             |            |      |      |      |                       |     0
+ company2 | 07-06-2023 |    60 |          60 |       1200 | 1300 |   60 | 3660 |  915.0000000000000000 |     4
+ company2 | 07-07-2023 |  1100 |        1100 |       1200 | 1300 | 1100 | 3600 | 1200.0000000000000000 |     3
+ company2 | 07-08-2023 |  1300 |             |            |      |      |      |                       |     0
+ company2 | 07-09-2023 |  1200 |             |            |      |      |      |                       |     0
+ company2 | 07-10-2023 |  1300 |             |            |      |      |      |                       |     0
+(20 rows)
+
+-- JOIN case
+CREATE TEMP TABLE t1 (i int, v1 int);
+CREATE TEMP TABLE t2 (j int, v2 int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1,10);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1,11);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1,12);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES(2,10);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES(2,11);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES(2,12);
+SELECT * FROM t1, t2 WHERE t1.v1 <= 11 AND t2.v2 <= 11;
+ i | v1 | j | v2 
+---+----+---+----
+ 1 | 10 | 2 | 10
+ 1 | 10 | 2 | 11
+ 1 | 11 | 2 | 10
+ 1 | 11 | 2 | 11
+(4 rows)
+
+SELECT *, count(*) OVER w FROM t1, t2
+WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY t1.i
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (A)
+ DEFINE
+ A AS v1 <= 11 AND v2 <= 11
+);
+ i | v1 | j | v2 | count 
+---+----+---+----+-------
+ 1 | 10 | 2 | 10 |     1
+ 1 | 10 | 2 | 11 |     1
+ 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 |     0
+ 1 | 11 | 2 | 10 |     1
+ 1 | 11 | 2 | 11 |     1
+ 1 | 11 | 2 | 12 |     0
+ 1 | 12 | 2 | 10 |     0
+ 1 | 12 | 2 | 11 |     0
+ 1 | 12 | 2 | 12 |     0
+(9 rows)
+
+-- WITH case
+WITH wstock AS (
+  SELECT * FROM stock WHERE tdate < '2023-07-08'
+)
+SELECT tdate, price,
+first_value(tdate) OVER w,
+count(*) OVER w
+ FROM wstock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+   tdate    | price | first_value | count 
+------------+-------+-------------+-------
+ 07-01-2023 |   100 | 07-01-2023  |     4
+ 07-02-2023 |   200 |             |      
+ 07-03-2023 |   150 |             |      
+ 07-04-2023 |   140 |             |      
+ 07-05-2023 |   150 |             |     0
+ 07-06-2023 |    90 |             |     0
+ 07-07-2023 |   110 |             |     0
+ 07-01-2023 |    50 | 07-01-2023  |     4
+ 07-02-2023 |  2000 |             |      
+ 07-03-2023 |  1500 |             |      
+ 07-04-2023 |  1400 |             |      
+ 07-05-2023 |  1500 |             |     0
+ 07-06-2023 |    60 |             |     0
+ 07-07-2023 |  1100 |             |     0
+(14 rows)
+
+--
+-- Error cases
+--
+-- row pattern definition variable name must not appear more than once
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price),
+  UP AS price > PREV(price)
+);
+ERROR:  syntax error at or near "ORDER"
+LINE 6:  ORDER BY tdate
+         ^
+-- pattern variable name must appear in DEFINE
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+ END)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+ERROR:  syntax error at or near "END"
+LINE 8:  PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+ END)
+                                  ^
+-- FRAME must start at current row when row patttern recognition is used
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+ERROR:  FRAME must start at current row when row patttern recognition is used
+-- SEEK is not supported
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW
+ SEEK
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+ERROR:  SEEK is not supported
+LINE 8:  SEEK
+         ^
+HINT:  Use INITIAL.
diff --git a/src/test/regress/parallel_schedule b/src/test/regress/parallel_schedule
index f0987ff537..a6542f3dea 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/parallel_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/parallel_schedule
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ test: publication subscription
 # Another group of parallel tests
 # select_views depends on create_view
 # ----------
-test: select_views portals_p2 foreign_key cluster dependency guc bitmapops combocid tsearch tsdicts foreign_data window xmlmap functional_deps advisory_lock indirect_toast equivclass
+test: select_views portals_p2 foreign_key cluster dependency guc bitmapops combocid tsearch tsdicts foreign_data window xmlmap functional_deps advisory_lock indirect_toast equivclass rpr
 
 # ----------
 # Another group of parallel tests (JSON related)
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/rpr.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/rpr.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a69cc0e11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/rpr.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,392 @@
+--
+-- Test for row pattern definition clause
+--
+
+CREATE TEMP TABLE stock (
+       company TEXT,
+       tdate DATE,
+       price INTEGER
+);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-01', 100);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-02', 200);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-03', 150);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-04', 140);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-05', 150);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-06', 90);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-07', 110);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-08', 130);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-09', 120);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company1', '2023-07-10', 130);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-01', 50);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-02', 2000);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-03', 1500);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-04', 1400);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-05', 1500);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-06', 60);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-07', 1100);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-08', 1300);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-09', 1200);
+INSERT INTO stock VALUES ('company2', '2023-07-10', 1300);
+
+SELECT * FROM stock;
+
+-- basic test using PREV
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w,
+ nth_value(tdate, 2) OVER w AS nth_second
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+
+-- basic test using PREV. UP appears twice
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w,
+ nth_value(tdate, 2) OVER w AS nth_second
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+ UP+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+
+-- basic test using PREV. Use '*'
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w,
+ nth_value(tdate, 2) OVER w AS nth_second
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP* DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+
+-- basic test with none greedy pattern
+SELECT company, tdate, price, count(*) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (A A A)
+ DEFINE
+  A AS price >= 140 AND price <= 150
+);
+
+-- last_value() should remain consistent
+SELECT company, tdate, price, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+
+-- omit "START" in DEFINE but it is ok because "START AS TRUE" is
+-- implicitly defined. per spec.
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w,
+ nth_value(tdate, 2) OVER w AS nth_second
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+
+-- the first row start with less than or equal to 100
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (LOWPRICE UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  LOWPRICE AS price <= 100,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+
+-- second row raises 120%
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (LOWPRICE UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  LOWPRICE AS price <= 100,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price) * 1.2,
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+
+-- using NEXT
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UPDOWN)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UPDOWN AS price > PREV(price) AND price > NEXT(price)
+);
+
+-- using AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UPDOWN)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UPDOWN AS price > PREV(price) AND price > NEXT(price)
+);
+
+-- match everything
+
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST ROW
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (A+)
+ DEFINE
+  A AS TRUE
+);
+
+-- backtracking with reclassification of rows
+-- using AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST ROW
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(tdate) OVER w, last_value(tdate) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST ROW
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (A+ B+)
+ DEFINE
+  A AS price > 100,
+  B AS price > 100
+);
+
+-- backtracking with reclassification of rows
+-- using AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(tdate) OVER w, last_value(tdate) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (A+ B+)
+ DEFINE
+  A AS price > 100,
+  B AS price > 100
+);
+
+-- ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND offset FOLLOWING
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(tdate) OVER w, last_value(tdate) OVER w,
+ count(*) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND 2 FOLLOWING
+ AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST ROW
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+
+--
+-- Aggregates
+--
+
+-- using AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST ROW
+SELECT company, tdate, price,
+ first_value(price) OVER w,
+ last_value(price) OVER w,
+ max(price) OVER w,
+ min(price) OVER w,
+ sum(price) OVER w,
+ avg(price) OVER w,
+ count(price) OVER w
+FROM stock
+WINDOW w AS (
+PARTITION BY company
+ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST ROW
+INITIAL
+PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+DEFINE
+START AS TRUE,
+UP AS price > PREV(price),
+DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+
+-- using AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW
+SELECT company, tdate, price,
+ first_value(price) OVER w,
+ last_value(price) OVER w,
+ max(price) OVER w,
+ min(price) OVER w,
+ sum(price) OVER w,
+ avg(price) OVER w,
+ count(price) OVER w
+FROM stock
+WINDOW w AS (
+PARTITION BY company
+ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW
+INITIAL
+PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+DEFINE
+START AS TRUE,
+UP AS price > PREV(price),
+DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+
+-- JOIN case
+CREATE TEMP TABLE t1 (i int, v1 int);
+CREATE TEMP TABLE t2 (j int, v2 int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1,10);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1,11);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1,12);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES(2,10);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES(2,11);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES(2,12);
+
+SELECT * FROM t1, t2 WHERE t1.v1 <= 11 AND t2.v2 <= 11;
+
+SELECT *, count(*) OVER w FROM t1, t2
+WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY t1.i
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (A)
+ DEFINE
+ A AS v1 <= 11 AND v2 <= 11
+);
+
+-- WITH case
+WITH wstock AS (
+  SELECT * FROM stock WHERE tdate < '2023-07-08'
+)
+SELECT tdate, price,
+first_value(tdate) OVER w,
+count(*) OVER w
+ FROM wstock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+
+--
+-- Error cases
+--
+
+-- row pattern definition variable name must not appear more than once
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price),
+  UP AS price > PREV(price)
+);
+
+-- pattern variable name must appear in DEFINE
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+ END)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+
+-- FRAME must start at current row when row patttern recognition is used
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
+
+-- SEEK is not supported
+SELECT company, tdate, price, first_value(price) OVER w, last_value(price) OVER w
+ FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ORDER BY tdate
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW
+ SEEK
+ PATTERN (START UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  START AS TRUE,
+  UP AS price > PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price < PREV(price)
+);
-- 
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