Re: [PATCH][PROPOSAL] Refuse setting toast.* reloptions when TOAST table does not exist

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Nikolay Shaplov <dhyan(at)nataraj(dot)su>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][PROPOSAL] Refuse setting toast.* reloptions when TOAST table does not exist
Date: 2018-01-25 15:55:19
Message-ID: 20180125155519.gmafmdoh76nriazf@alvherre.pgsql
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > On 1/23/18 13:39, Robert Haas wrote:
> >> I don't understand. AAUI, it is currently the case that if you set
> >> the options before the TOAST table exists, they are lost.
>
> > Well, that's also weird.
>
> Well, maybe the right answer is to address that. It's clear to me
> why that would happen if we store these things as reloptions on the
> toast table, but can't they be stored on the parent table?

Actually, Nikolay provided a possible solution: if you execute ALTER
TABLE SET (toast.foobar = xyz), and a toast table doesn't exist, create
one at that point.

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Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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