Re: alter table set TABLE ACCESS METHOD

From: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>, vignesh C <vignesh21(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Jacob Champion <pchampion(at)vmware(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, Ashwin Agrawal <aagrawal(at)pivotal(dot)io>, Ashutosh Sharma <ashu(dot)coek88(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: alter table set TABLE ACCESS METHOD
Date: 2021-07-29 15:55:21
Message-ID: d6a66a0ab44b43e416ee95aeab32d6b8afab8d0a.camel@j-davis.com
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On Thu, 2021-07-29 at 15:27 +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> Doing any checks around the hooks of objectaccess.h is very annoying,
> because we have no modules to check after them easily except sepgsql.
> Anyway, I have been checking that, with the hack-ish module attached
> and tracked down that swap_relation_files() calls
> InvokeObjectPostAlterHookArg() already (as you already spotted?), but
> that's an internal change when it comes to SET LOGGED/UNLOGGED/ACCESS
> METHOD :(
>
> Attached is a small module I have used for those tests, for
> reference. It passes on HEAD, and with the patch attached you can
> see
> the extra entries.

I see that ATExecSetTableSpace() also invokes the hook even for a no-
op. Should we do the same thing for setting the AM?

> > > > Also, I agree with Justin that it should fail when there are
> > > > multiple
> > > > SET ACCESS METHOD subcommands consistently, regardless of
> > > > whether
> > > > one
> > > > is a no-op, and it should probably throw a syntax error to
> > > > match
> > > > SET
> > > > TABLESPACE.
> > >
> > > Hmm. Okay.
>
> I'd still disagree with that.

OK, I won't press for a change here.

Regards,
Jeff Davis

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