Re: pg_dump emits ALTER TABLE ONLY partitioned_table

Hi Stephen,

On 2017/02/17 22:32, Stephen Frost wrote:
> Amit,
>
> * Amit Langote (Langote_Amit_f8(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp) wrote:
>> In certain cases, pg_dump's dumpTableSchema() emits a separate ALTER TABLE
>> command for those schema elements of a table that could not be included
>> directly in the CREATE TABLE command for the table.
>
> Any chance we could start adding regression tests for how pg_dump
> handles partitions? I'm just about to the point where I have pretty
> much everything else covered (at least in pg_dump.c, where it's not a
> hard-to-reproduce error/exit case, or something version-dependent).
>
> If you have any questions about how the TAP tests for pg_dump work, or
> about how to generate code-coverage checks to make sure you're at least
> hitting every line (tho, of course, not every possible path), let me
> know. I'd be happy to explain them.

Yeah, I guess it would be a good idea to have some pg_dump TAP test
coverage for the new partitioning stuff. I will look into that and get
back to you if I don't grok something there.

Thanks,
Amit