> @@ -947,20 +947,22 @@ DefineRelation(CreateStmt *stmt, char relkind, Oid 
> ownerId,
>        * a type of relation that needs one, use the default.
>        */
>       if (stmt->accessMethod != NULL)
> +             accessMethodId = get_table_am_oid(stmt->accessMethod, false);
> +     else if (RELKIND_HAS_TABLE_AM(relkind) || relkind == 
> RELKIND_PARTITIONED_TABLE)
>       {
> -             accessMethod = stmt->accessMethod;
> -
> -             if (partitioned)
> -                     ereport(ERROR,
> -                                     (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
> -                                      errmsg("specifying a table access 
> method is not supported on a partitioned table")));
> +             if (stmt->partbound)
> +             {
> +                     /*
> +                      * For partitions, if no access method is specified, 
> use the AM of
> +                      * the parent table.
> +                      */
> +                     Assert(list_length(inheritOids) == 1);
> +                     accessMethodId = 
> get_rel_relam(linitial_oid(inheritOids));
> +                     Assert(OidIsValid(accessMethodId));
> +             }
> +             else
> +                     accessMethodId = 
> get_table_am_oid(default_table_access_method, false);
>       }

I think this works similarly but not identically to tablespace defaults,
and the difference could be confusing.  You seem to have made it so that
the partitioned table _always_ have a table AM, so the partitions can
always inherit from it.  I think it would be more sensible to _allow_
partitioned tables to have one, but not mandatory; if they don't have
it, then a partition created from it would use default_table_access_method.

-- 
Álvaro Herrera               48°01'N 7°57'E  —  https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/
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Arizona would probably grant him a degree.              (Don Knuth)


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