Re: postgres_fdw IMPORT SCHEMA and partitioned tables

From: Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: postgres_fdw IMPORT SCHEMA and partitioned tables
Date: 2017-03-31 04:37:55
Message-ID: 2cab6db2-cf10-b8f2-58ed-7d4a052dac34@lab.ntt.co.jp
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On 2017/03/31 13:23, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Michael Paquier
> <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> Users like things that are friendly, and we are most likely going to
>> piss them off when using postgres_fdw if they need to list manually
>> each parent table from the IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA command.
>>
>>> However, if we're going to do something about this, I think it should
>>> be done soon. Otherwise, I'm going to advocate for reclassifying this
>>> issue from "open item" to "possible area for future development".
>>
>> I was just waiting for the end of the CF before sending in a patch,
>> allocating now some time to look at some patches pending for reviews.
>
> And here is the promised patch to address this open item.

Looks good to me, except maybe:

+
+ <para>
+ For partitioned tables, partitions are automatically excluded from the
+ schema data imported. Only the definition of partitioned tables is
included
+ to give access to the full data set of all partitions present remotely.
+ </para>
+

Only the definitions of "root" partitioned tables, because when using
multi-level partitioning, there would be partitioned tables that won't be
included (because, relispartition=true).

If you agree, then this code comment too could use the same terminology:

+ * Ignore table data for partitions and only include the parent
+ * definitions to allow access to the complete remote data set
+ * locally in the schema imported.
+ *

Thanks,
Amit

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