Re: Declarative partitioning - another take

On 2016/11/24 15:10, Ashutosh Bapat wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Amit Langote wrote:
>> On 2016/11/24 14:35, Ashutosh Bapat wrote:
>>> IIUC, it should allow "create table t1_p1 partition of t1 (a primary
>>> key) ...", (a primary key) is nothing but "column_name
>>> column_constraint", but here's what happens
>>> create table t1_p1 partition of t1 (a primary key) for values from (0) to (100);
>>> ERROR: syntax error at or near "primary"
>>> LINE 1: create table t1_p1 partition of t1 (a primary key) for value...
>>
>> You have to specify column constraints using the keywords WITH OPTIONS,
>> like below:
>>
>> create table p1 partition of p (
>> a with options primary key
>> ) for values in (1);
>
> Oh, sorry for not noticing it. You are right. Why do we need "with
> option" there? Shouldn't user be able to specify just "a primary key";
> it's not really an "option", it's a constraint.

I just adopted the existing syntax for specifying column/table constraints
of a table created with CREATE TABLE OF type_name.

Thanks,
Amit