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authorMagnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>2024-01-11 14:27:10 +0100
committerMagnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>2024-01-11 14:35:48 +0100
commitbcaf41c608b1b7b462d6ff13c0e4fa80a8847f66 (patch)
treed7e45ae16121d0e2f8987d6d37cf3700a23964fe
parentc3f52fd5d7160733e6b78fc8957e8990a3341bda (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 bda152c38fc..10a6467c051 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
@@ -4274,7 +4274,9 @@ 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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