On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Amit Langote
<langote_amit...@lab.ntt.co.jp> wrote:
>
> Hi Ashutosh,
>
> On 2016/11/24 14:35, Ashutosh Bapat wrote:
>> I am trying to create a partitioned table with primary keys on the
>> partitions. Here's the corresponding syntax as per documentation
>> CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [
>> IF NOT EXISTS ] table_name
>> PARTITION OF parent_table [ (
>> { column_name WITH OPTIONS [ column_constraint [ ... ] ]
>> | table_constraint }
>> [, ... ]
>> ) ] partition_bound_spec
>>
>> 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.
>
>> The same syntax also suggests using table_constraints but that too doesn't
>> work
>> create table t1_p1 partition of t1 (primary key (a) ) for values
>> from (0) to (100);
>> ERROR: inherited relation "t1" is not a table or foreign table
>>
>> of course t1 is a table, what it isn't?
>
> It's a bug. Forgot to consider RELKIND_PARTITIONED_TABLE to an if block
> in the code that checks inheritance parent relation's relkind when
> creating an index constraint (primary key) on a child table. Will fix,
> thanks for catching it.
>
> Thanks,
> Amit
>
>
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Best Wishes,
Ashutosh Bapat
EnterpriseDB Corporation
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