From: | Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)skype(dot)net> |
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To: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
Cc: | Zeugswetter Andreas DCP SD <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, April Lorenzen <outboundindex(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: error-free disabling of individual child partition |
Date: | 2006-05-23 11:30:55 |
Message-ID: | 1148383855.3798.3.camel@localhost.localdomain |
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Ühel kenal päeval, T, 2006-05-23 kell 10:51, kirjutas Simon Riggs:
> On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 09:49 +0200, Zeugswetter Andreas DCP SD wrote:
> > > > table of another table. I propose a TODO item to allow this:
> > > >
> > > > ALTER TABLE childN INHERITS ( parent1, ... );
> >
> > > > We don't need a disinherit do we?
> >
> > I propose: ALTER TABLE childN INHERITS ();
> > Thus I also think, that the list should be complete, and is not an
> > addition
> > to existing inheritance.
>
> Sounds good; an absolute rather than a relative approach. Avoids new
> keywords.
And also allows you move a partition from live to archive table in one
command. Brilliant :)
> Implementation is simpler too:
> - check that we have all required merged attributes (if any)
> - remove any inheritance that isn't on the list
>
> If the table is already INHERITS (x) and we specify INHERITS (x) then
> its a no-op that returns success.
>
> > > O, yes, I think we do. I can imagine that the ability to swap a table
> >
> > Agreed. Simon, were you testing how many ppl read to the end :-)
>
> Just seeing who cared. DROP TABLE removes inheritance too, in a Keyser
> Soze manner.
Just fyi - I care too .
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