pgsql: Allow NOT VALID foreign key constraints on partitioned tables

From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Allow NOT VALID foreign key constraints on partitioned tables
Date: 2025-01-23 14:59:38
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Allow NOT VALID foreign key constraints on partitioned tables

This feature was intentionally omitted when FKs were first implemented
for partitioned tables, and had been requested a few times; the
usefulness is clear.

Validation can happen for each partition individually, which is useful
to contain the number of locks held and the duration; or it can be
executed for the partitioning hierarchy as a single command, which
validates all child constraints that haven't been validated already.

This is also useful to implement NOT ENFORCED constraints on top.

Author: Amul Sul <sulamul(at)gmail(dot)com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAJ_b96Bp=-ZwihPPtuaNX=SrZ0U6ZsXD3+fgARO0JuKa8v2jQ@mail.gmail.com

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master

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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/b663b9436e7509b5e73c8c372539f067cd6e66c1

Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml | 2 -
src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++---------
src/test/regress/expected/foreign_key.out | 97 +++++++++++++++++--
src/test/regress/sql/foreign_key.sql | 72 +++++++++++++-
4 files changed, 263 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)

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