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authorMagnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>2024-01-11 14:27:10 +0100
committerMagnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>2024-01-11 14:35:43 +0100
commitaf36f1993da1dc35a45337faab22a46e068443c3 (patch)
tree6a37671e7e8447bae7fa594dddad1fd8b63d4b1b
parentba33775fd0302befddfc5102c51e0e9fb1f282d3 (diff)
Fix omission in partitioning limitation documentation
UNIQUE and PRIMARY KEY constraints can be created on ONLY the partitioned table. We already had an example demonstrating that, but forgot to mention it in the documentation of the limits of partitioning. Author: Laurenz Albe Reviewed-By: shihao zhong, Shubham Khanna, Ashutosh Bapat Backpatch-through: 12 Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/167299368731.659.16130012959616771853@wrigleys.postgresql.org
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
index 028bd9f8396..440a899d122 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
@@ -4299,7 +4299,9 @@ ALTER INDEX measurement_city_id_logdate_key
Using <literal>ONLY</literal> to add or drop a constraint on only
the partitioned table is supported as long as there are no
partitions. Once partitions exist, using <literal>ONLY</literal>
- will result in an error. Instead, constraints on the partitions
+ will result in an error for any constraints other than
+ <literal>UNIQUE</literal> and <literal>PRIMARY KEY</literal>.
+ Instead, constraints on the partitions
themselves can be added and (if they are not present in the parent
table) dropped.
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