Doc: clarify partitioned table limitations
Improve documentation regarding the limitations of unique and primary key
constraints on partitioned tables. The existing documentation didn't make
it clear that the constraint columns had to be present in the partition
key as bare columns. The reader could be led to believe that it was ok to
include the constraint columns as part of a function call's parameters or
as part of an expression. Additionally, the documentation didn't mention
anything about the fact that we disallow unique and primary key
constraints if the partition keys contain *any* function calls or
expressions, regardless of if the constraint columns appear as columns
elsewhere in the partition key.
The confusion here was highlighted by a report on the general mailing list
by James Vanns.
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAH7vdhNF0EdYZz3GLpgE3RSJLwWLhEk7A_fiKS9dPBT3Dz_3eA@mail.gmail.com
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAApHDvoU-u9iTqKjteYRFfi+UNEk7dbSAcyxEQD==vZt9B1KnA@mail.gmail.com
Reviewed-by: Erik Rijkers
Backpatch-through: 11
Branch
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REL_11_STABLE
Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/1630cad74092bf7af277762a22cc2605bd0bd5b6
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doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
