Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Implement table partitioning.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Implement table partitioning.
Date: 2017-10-18 16:39:52
Message-ID: 27080.1508344792@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 4:53 AM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> wrote:
>> My view is that the fact that partitioning uses inheritance is just an
>> implementation detail. We shouldn't let historical behavior for
>> inheritance dictate behavior for partitioning. Inheritance has many
>> undesirable warts.

> I don't think it's a good idea for table partitioning and table
> inheritance to behave differently.

I'm with Robert on this one. I'd be in favor of changing both cases
to make ALTER OWNER recurse by default.

regards, tom lane

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