Re: FDW table hints

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: FDW table hints
Date: 2011-05-02 21:56:01
Message-ID: 20110502215601.GC4741@fetter.org
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On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 09:27:08PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> postgres=# DROP TABLE FOO;
> ERROR: "foo" is not a table
> HINT: Use DROP FOREIGN TABLE to remove a foreign table.
> postgres=# CREATE INDEX baz ON foo(bar);
> ERROR: "foo" is not a table
>
> To some, that would be confusing - foo kind of is a table, just a
> different kind. Should we have some HINT on that one as well?

Until we can actually create indexes on foreign tables, yes ;)

Cheers,
David (Local indexes? Foreign indexes? Both?)
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