Re: Exclusion Constraint vs. Constraint Exclusion

Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > If we do need to do this, perhaps we should change the older parameter
> > to be partition_exclusion.
>
> Yeah, if we do want to do something about this then changing the name of
> the existing GUC would be a lot less work. However, partition_exclusion
> seems to imply that it *only* applies to partitioned tables, which is
> not the case...

Perhaps
table_exclusion = {on, off, partition}

Of course, constraint_exclusion should continue to work as a synonym for
backwards compatibility, but it wouldn't be documented.

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