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authorAlvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>2024-03-25 16:30:36 +0100
committerAlvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>2024-03-25 16:30:36 +0100
commit374c7a2290429eac3217b0c7b0b485db9c2bcc72 (patch)
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parentb8528fe026b18976b5d5b4fcb066a8a55def3375 (diff)
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Allow specifying an access method for partitioned tables
It's now possible to specify a table access method via CREATE TABLE ... USING for a partitioned table, as well change it with ALTER TABLE ... SET ACCESS METHOD. Specifying an AM for a partitioned table lets the value be used for all future partitions created under it, closely mirroring the behavior of the TABLESPACE option for partitioned tables. Existing partitions are not modified. For a partitioned table with no AM specified, any new partitions are created with the default_table_access_method. Also add ALTER TABLE ... SET ACCESS METHOD DEFAULT, which reverts to the original state of using the default for new partitions. The relcache of partitioned tables is not changed: rd_tableam is not set, even if a partitioned table has a relam set. Author: Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com> Author: Soumyadeep Chakraborty <soumyadeep2007@gmail.com> Author: Michaƫl Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> Reviewed-by: The authors themselves Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAE-ML+9zM4wJCGCBGv01k96qQ3gFv4WFcFy=zqPHKeaEFwwv6A@mail.gmail.com Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20210308010707.GA29832%40telsasoft.com
Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/utils')
-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c22
-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c7
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c b/src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c
index 6418d1c6eba..26368ffcc97 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c
@@ -2069,6 +2069,28 @@ get_rel_persistence(Oid relid)
return result;
}
+/*
+ * get_rel_relam
+ *
+ * Returns the relam associated with a given relation.
+ */
+Oid
+get_rel_relam(Oid relid)
+{
+ HeapTuple tp;
+ Form_pg_class reltup;
+ Oid result;
+
+ tp = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+ if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tp))
+ elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for relation %u", relid);
+ reltup = (Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(tp);
+ result = reltup->relam;
+ ReleaseSysCache(tp);
+
+ return result;
+}
+
/* ---------- TRANSFORM CACHE ---------- */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c b/src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c
index dcd18e46268..1f419c2a6dd 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c
@@ -1208,6 +1208,13 @@ retry:
else if (RELKIND_HAS_TABLE_AM(relation->rd_rel->relkind) ||
relation->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_SEQUENCE)
RelationInitTableAccessMethod(relation);
+ else if (relation->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_PARTITIONED_TABLE)
+ {
+ /*
+ * Do nothing: access methods are a setting that partitions can
+ * inherit.
+ */
+ }
else
Assert(relation->rd_rel->relam == InvalidOid);