Re: BUG #15724: Can't create foreign table as partition

On 2019-Mar-29, PG Bug reporting form wrote:

> CREATE FOREIGN TABLE staging.msg_json PARTITION of msg_json
> FOR VALUES FROM (20170101) TO (20180101)
> SERVER postgres_big_data_arch
> OPTIONS (schema_name 'fix_capture', table_name 'msg_json');
>
>
> I got error !!!!
>
> SQL Error [42809]: ERROR: cannot create index on foreign table "msg_json"
> ERROR: cannot create index on foreign table "msg_json"
> ERROR: cannot create index on foreign table "msg_json"

Ah, this is because we try to propagate the index to the partition,
which appears to be less than desirable. Maybe this patch fixes it? I
have not tested it, only verified that it compiles.

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