On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 9:45 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Amit Langote <langote_amit...@lab.ntt.co.jp> writes:
>> 2. DefineQueryRewrite() may try to scan a partitioned table in the case of
>> converting a table to view, where we must make sure that the table being
>> converted is empty.  It's checked by scanning the heap, which we should
>> not do for a partitioned table.  Nor should we try to drop the storage
>> once ready to make the table into a REKIND_VIEW relation (because all
>> other checks passed okaying the conversion).
>
> It looks like this patch intends to allow converting a partitioned table
> to a view.  I would lobby for refusing the command, instead.  There is
> no good reason to allow it, and it might well be a user error.

Yeah, I agree.

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