Implement ALTER TABLE ... MERGE PARTITIONS ... command

This new DDL command merges several partitions into the one partition of the
target table.  The target partition is created using new
createPartitionTable() function with parent partition as the template.

This commit comprises quite naive implementation which works in single process
and holds the ACCESS EXCLUSIVE LOCK on the parent table during all the
operations including the tuple routing.  This is why this new DDL command
can't be recommended for large partitioned tables under a high load.  However,
this implementation come in handy in certain cases even as is.
Also, it could be used as a foundation for future implementations with lesser
locking and possibly parallel.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/c73a1746-0cd0-6bdd-6b23-3ae0b7c0c582%40postgrespro.ru
Author: Dmitry Koval
Reviewed-by: Matthias van de Meent, Laurenz Albe, Zhihong Yu, Justin Pryzby
Reviewed-by: Alvaro Herrera, Robert Haas, Stephane Tachoires

7 files changed, 1420 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/partition-merge.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/partition-merge.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98446aaab5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/partition-merge.out
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: s2b s2i s2c s1b s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+step s2b: BEGIN;
+step s2i: INSERT INTO tpart VALUES (1, 'text01');
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s1b: BEGIN;
+step s1merg: ALTER TABLE tpart MERGE PARTITIONS (tpart_00_10, tpart_10_20) INTO tpart_00_20;
+step s2b: BEGIN;
+step s2u: UPDATE tpart SET t = 'text01modif' where i = 1; <waiting ...>
+step s1c: COMMIT;
+step s2u: <... completed>
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s2s: SELECT * FROM tpart;
+ i|t          
+--+-----------
+ 5|text05     
+15|text15     
+ 1|text01modif
+25|text25     
+35|text35     
+(5 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: s2b s2i s2c s1brr s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+step s2b: BEGIN;
+step s2i: INSERT INTO tpart VALUES (1, 'text01');
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s1brr: BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ;
+step s1merg: ALTER TABLE tpart MERGE PARTITIONS (tpart_00_10, tpart_10_20) INTO tpart_00_20;
+step s2b: BEGIN;
+step s2u: UPDATE tpart SET t = 'text01modif' where i = 1; <waiting ...>
+step s1c: COMMIT;
+step s2u: <... completed>
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s2s: SELECT * FROM tpart;
+ i|t          
+--+-----------
+ 5|text05     
+15|text15     
+ 1|text01modif
+25|text25     
+35|text35     
+(5 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: s2b s2i s2c s1bs s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+step s2b: BEGIN;
+step s2i: INSERT INTO tpart VALUES (1, 'text01');
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s1bs: BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE;
+step s1merg: ALTER TABLE tpart MERGE PARTITIONS (tpart_00_10, tpart_10_20) INTO tpart_00_20;
+step s2b: BEGIN;
+step s2u: UPDATE tpart SET t = 'text01modif' where i = 1; <waiting ...>
+step s1c: COMMIT;
+step s2u: <... completed>
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s2s: SELECT * FROM tpart;
+ i|t          
+--+-----------
+ 5|text05     
+15|text15     
+ 1|text01modif
+25|text25     
+35|text35     
+(5 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: s2brr s2i s2c s1b s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+step s2brr: BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ;
+step s2i: INSERT INTO tpart VALUES (1, 'text01');
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s1b: BEGIN;
+step s1merg: ALTER TABLE tpart MERGE PARTITIONS (tpart_00_10, tpart_10_20) INTO tpart_00_20;
+step s2b: BEGIN;
+step s2u: UPDATE tpart SET t = 'text01modif' where i = 1; <waiting ...>
+step s1c: COMMIT;
+step s2u: <... completed>
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s2s: SELECT * FROM tpart;
+ i|t          
+--+-----------
+ 5|text05     
+15|text15     
+ 1|text01modif
+25|text25     
+35|text35     
+(5 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: s2brr s2i s2c s1brr s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+step s2brr: BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ;
+step s2i: INSERT INTO tpart VALUES (1, 'text01');
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s1brr: BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ;
+step s1merg: ALTER TABLE tpart MERGE PARTITIONS (tpart_00_10, tpart_10_20) INTO tpart_00_20;
+step s2b: BEGIN;
+step s2u: UPDATE tpart SET t = 'text01modif' where i = 1; <waiting ...>
+step s1c: COMMIT;
+step s2u: <... completed>
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s2s: SELECT * FROM tpart;
+ i|t          
+--+-----------
+ 5|text05     
+15|text15     
+ 1|text01modif
+25|text25     
+35|text35     
+(5 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: s2brr s2i s2c s1bs s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+step s2brr: BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ;
+step s2i: INSERT INTO tpart VALUES (1, 'text01');
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s1bs: BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE;
+step s1merg: ALTER TABLE tpart MERGE PARTITIONS (tpart_00_10, tpart_10_20) INTO tpart_00_20;
+step s2b: BEGIN;
+step s2u: UPDATE tpart SET t = 'text01modif' where i = 1; <waiting ...>
+step s1c: COMMIT;
+step s2u: <... completed>
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s2s: SELECT * FROM tpart;
+ i|t          
+--+-----------
+ 5|text05     
+15|text15     
+ 1|text01modif
+25|text25     
+35|text35     
+(5 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: s2bs s2i s2c s1b s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+step s2bs: BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE;
+step s2i: INSERT INTO tpart VALUES (1, 'text01');
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s1b: BEGIN;
+step s1merg: ALTER TABLE tpart MERGE PARTITIONS (tpart_00_10, tpart_10_20) INTO tpart_00_20;
+step s2b: BEGIN;
+step s2u: UPDATE tpart SET t = 'text01modif' where i = 1; <waiting ...>
+step s1c: COMMIT;
+step s2u: <... completed>
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s2s: SELECT * FROM tpart;
+ i|t          
+--+-----------
+ 5|text05     
+15|text15     
+ 1|text01modif
+25|text25     
+35|text35     
+(5 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: s2bs s2i s2c s1brr s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+step s2bs: BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE;
+step s2i: INSERT INTO tpart VALUES (1, 'text01');
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s1brr: BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ;
+step s1merg: ALTER TABLE tpart MERGE PARTITIONS (tpart_00_10, tpart_10_20) INTO tpart_00_20;
+step s2b: BEGIN;
+step s2u: UPDATE tpart SET t = 'text01modif' where i = 1; <waiting ...>
+step s1c: COMMIT;
+step s2u: <... completed>
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s2s: SELECT * FROM tpart;
+ i|t          
+--+-----------
+ 5|text05     
+15|text15     
+ 1|text01modif
+25|text25     
+35|text35     
+(5 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: s2bs s2i s2c s1bs s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+step s2bs: BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE;
+step s2i: INSERT INTO tpart VALUES (1, 'text01');
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s1bs: BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE;
+step s1merg: ALTER TABLE tpart MERGE PARTITIONS (tpart_00_10, tpart_10_20) INTO tpart_00_20;
+step s2b: BEGIN;
+step s2u: UPDATE tpart SET t = 'text01modif' where i = 1; <waiting ...>
+step s1c: COMMIT;
+step s2u: <... completed>
+step s2c: COMMIT;
+step s2s: SELECT * FROM tpart;
+ i|t          
+--+-----------
+ 5|text05     
+15|text15     
+ 1|text01modif
+25|text25     
+35|text35     
+(5 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
index 188fc04f85e..8bcaa8a6254 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolation_schedule
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ test: partition-key-update-1
 test: partition-key-update-2
 test: partition-key-update-3
 test: partition-key-update-4
+test: partition-merge
 test: plpgsql-toast
 test: cluster-conflict
 test: cluster-conflict-partition
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/partition-merge.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/partition-merge.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec48732c583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/partition-merge.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Verify that MERGE operation locks DML operations with partitioned table
+
+setup
+{
+  DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tpart;
+  CREATE TABLE tpart(i int, t text) partition by range(i);
+  CREATE TABLE tpart_00_10 PARTITION OF tpart FOR VALUES FROM (0) TO (10);
+  CREATE TABLE tpart_10_20 PARTITION OF tpart FOR VALUES FROM (10) TO (20);
+  CREATE TABLE tpart_20_30 PARTITION OF tpart FOR VALUES FROM (20) TO (30);
+  CREATE TABLE tpart_default PARTITION OF tpart DEFAULT;
+  INSERT INTO tpart VALUES (5, 'text05');
+  INSERT INTO tpart VALUES (15, 'text15');
+  INSERT INTO tpart VALUES (25, 'text25');
+  INSERT INTO tpart VALUES (35, 'text35');
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+  DROP TABLE tpart;
+}
+
+session s1
+step s1b	{ BEGIN; }
+step s1brr	{ BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ; }
+step s1bs	{ BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE; }
+step s1merg	{ ALTER TABLE tpart MERGE PARTITIONS (tpart_00_10, tpart_10_20) INTO tpart_00_20; }
+step s1c	{ COMMIT; }
+
+
+session s2
+step s2b	{ BEGIN; }
+step s2brr	{ BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ; }
+step s2bs	{ BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE; }
+step s2i	{ INSERT INTO tpart VALUES (1, 'text01'); }
+step s2u	{ UPDATE tpart SET t = 'text01modif' where i = 1; }
+step s2c	{ COMMIT; }
+step s2s	{ SELECT * FROM tpart; }
+
+
+# s2 inserts row into table. s1 starts MERGE PARTITIONS then
+# s2 trying to update inserted row and waits until s1 finished
+# MERGE operation.
+
+permutation s2b s2i s2c s1b s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+permutation s2b s2i s2c s1brr s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+permutation s2b s2i s2c s1bs s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+
+permutation s2brr s2i s2c s1b s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+permutation s2brr s2i s2c s1brr s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+permutation s2brr s2i s2c s1bs s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+
+permutation s2bs s2i s2c s1b s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+permutation s2bs s2i s2c s1brr s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
+permutation s2bs s2i s2c s1bs s1merg s2b s2u s1c s2c s2s
diff --git a/src/test/modules/test_ddl_deparse/test_ddl_deparse.c b/src/test/modules/test_ddl_deparse/test_ddl_deparse.c
index 48563b2cf01..69920757b21 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/test_ddl_deparse/test_ddl_deparse.c
+++ b/src/test/modules/test_ddl_deparse/test_ddl_deparse.c
@@ -300,6 +300,9 @@ get_altertable_subcmdinfo(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 			case AT_DetachPartitionFinalize:
 				strtype = "DETACH PARTITION ... FINALIZE";
 				break;
+			case AT_MergePartitions:
+				strtype = "MERGE PARTITIONS";
+				break;
 			case AT_AddIdentity:
 				strtype = "ADD IDENTITY";
 				break;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/partition_merge.out b/src/test/regress/expected/partition_merge.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2ba0ec47d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/partition_merge.out
@@ -0,0 +1,732 @@
+--
+-- PARTITIONS_MERGE
+-- Tests for "ALTER TABLE ... MERGE PARTITIONS ..." command
+--
+CREATE SCHEMA partitions_merge_schema;
+SET search_path = partitions_merge_schema, public;
+--
+-- BY RANGE partitioning
+--
+--
+-- Test for error codes
+--
+CREATE TABLE sales_range (salesman_id INT, salesman_name VARCHAR(30), sales_amount INT, sales_date DATE) PARTITION BY RANGE (sales_date);
+CREATE TABLE sales_dec2021 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2021-12-01') TO ('2021-12-31');
+CREATE TABLE sales_jan2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-01-01') TO ('2022-02-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_feb2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-02-01') TO ('2022-03-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_mar2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-03-01') TO ('2022-04-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr2022 (salesman_id INT, salesman_name VARCHAR(30), sales_amount INT, sales_date DATE) PARTITION BY RANGE (sales_date);
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr_1 PARTITION OF sales_apr2022 FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-01') TO ('2022-04-15');
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr_2 PARTITION OF sales_apr2022 FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-15') TO ('2022-05-01');
+ALTER TABLE sales_range ATTACH PARTITION sales_apr2022 FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-01') TO ('2022-05-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_others PARTITION OF sales_range DEFAULT;
+-- ERROR:  partition with name "sales_feb2022" already used
+ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_feb2022, sales_mar2022, sales_feb2022) INTO sales_feb_mar_apr2022;
+ERROR:  partition with name "sales_feb2022" already used
+LINE 1: ...e MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_feb2022, sales_mar2022, sales_feb2...
+                                                             ^
+-- ERROR:  cannot merge non-table partition "sales_apr2022"
+ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_feb2022, sales_mar2022, sales_apr2022) INTO sales_feb_mar_apr2022;
+ERROR:  cannot merge non-table partition "sales_apr2022"
+-- ERROR:  invalid partitions order, partition "sales_mar2022" can not be merged
+-- (space between sections sales_jan2022 and sales_mar2022)
+ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_jan2022, sales_mar2022) INTO sales_jan_mar2022;
+ERROR:  lower bound of partition "sales_mar2022" conflicts with upper bound of previous partition "sales_jan2022"
+-- ERROR:  invalid partitions order, partition "sales_jan2022" can not be merged
+-- (space between sections sales_dec2021 and sales_jan2022)
+ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_dec2021, sales_jan2022, sales_feb2022) INTO sales_dec_jan_feb2022;
+ERROR:  lower bound of partition "sales_jan2022" conflicts with upper bound of previous partition "sales_dec2021"
+-- NO ERROR: test for custom partitions order
+ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_feb2022, sales_mar2022, sales_jan2022) INTO sales_jan_feb_mar2022;
+SELECT c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass, c.relkind, inhdetachpending, pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid)
+  FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c, pg_catalog.pg_inherits i
+  WHERE c.oid = i.inhrelid AND i.inhparent = 'sales_range'::regclass
+  ORDER BY pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid) = 'DEFAULT', c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass::pg_catalog.text;
+          oid          | relkind | inhdetachpending |                   pg_get_expr                    
+-----------------------+---------+------------------+--------------------------------------------------
+ sales_apr2022         | p       | f                | FOR VALUES FROM ('04-01-2022') TO ('05-01-2022')
+ sales_dec2021         | r       | f                | FOR VALUES FROM ('12-01-2021') TO ('12-31-2021')
+ sales_jan_feb_mar2022 | r       | f                | FOR VALUES FROM ('01-01-2022') TO ('04-01-2022')
+ sales_others          | r       | f                | DEFAULT
+(4 rows)
+
+DROP TABLE sales_range;
+--
+-- Add rows into partitioned table then merge partitions
+--
+CREATE TABLE sales_range (salesman_id INT, salesman_name VARCHAR(30), sales_amount INT, sales_date DATE) PARTITION BY RANGE (sales_date);
+CREATE TABLE sales_jan2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-01-01') TO ('2022-02-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_feb2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-02-01') TO ('2022-03-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_mar2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-03-01') TO ('2022-04-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-01') TO ('2022-05-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_others PARTITION OF sales_range DEFAULT;
+CREATE INDEX sales_range_sales_date_idx ON sales_range USING btree (sales_date);
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (1,  'May',      1000, '2022-01-31');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (2,  'Smirnoff', 500,  '2022-02-10');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (3,  'Ford',     2000, '2022-04-30');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (4,  'Ivanov',   750,  '2022-04-13');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (5,  'Deev',     250,  '2022-04-07');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (6,  'Poirot',   150,  '2022-02-11');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (7,  'Li',       175,  '2022-03-08');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (8,  'Ericsson', 185,  '2022-02-23');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (9,  'Muller',   250,  '2022-03-11');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (10, 'Halder',   350,  '2022-01-28');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (11, 'Trump',    380,  '2022-04-06');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (12, 'Plato',    350,  '2022-03-19');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (13, 'Gandi',    377,  '2022-01-09');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (14, 'Smith',    510,  '2022-05-04');
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_get_partkeydef('sales_range'::regclass);
+ pg_get_partkeydef  
+--------------------
+ RANGE (sales_date)
+(1 row)
+
+-- show partitions with conditions:
+SELECT c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass, c.relkind, inhdetachpending, pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid)
+  FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c, pg_catalog.pg_inherits i
+  WHERE c.oid = i.inhrelid AND i.inhparent = 'sales_range'::regclass
+  ORDER BY pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid) = 'DEFAULT', c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass::pg_catalog.text;
+      oid      | relkind | inhdetachpending |                   pg_get_expr                    
+---------------+---------+------------------+--------------------------------------------------
+ sales_apr2022 | r       | f                | FOR VALUES FROM ('04-01-2022') TO ('05-01-2022')
+ sales_feb2022 | r       | f                | FOR VALUES FROM ('02-01-2022') TO ('03-01-2022')
+ sales_jan2022 | r       | f                | FOR VALUES FROM ('01-01-2022') TO ('02-01-2022')
+ sales_mar2022 | r       | f                | FOR VALUES FROM ('03-01-2022') TO ('04-01-2022')
+ sales_others  | r       | f                | DEFAULT
+(5 rows)
+
+ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_feb2022, sales_mar2022, sales_apr2022) INTO sales_feb_mar_apr2022;
+-- show partitions with conditions:
+SELECT c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass, c.relkind, inhdetachpending, pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid)
+  FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c, pg_catalog.pg_inherits i
+  WHERE c.oid = i.inhrelid AND i.inhparent = 'sales_range'::regclass
+  ORDER BY pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid) = 'DEFAULT', c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass::pg_catalog.text;
+          oid          | relkind | inhdetachpending |                   pg_get_expr                    
+-----------------------+---------+------------------+--------------------------------------------------
+ sales_feb_mar_apr2022 | r       | f                | FOR VALUES FROM ('02-01-2022') TO ('05-01-2022')
+ sales_jan2022         | r       | f                | FOR VALUES FROM ('01-01-2022') TO ('02-01-2022')
+ sales_others          | r       | f                | DEFAULT
+(3 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM pg_indexes WHERE tablename = 'sales_feb_mar_apr2022' and schemaname = 'partitions_merge_schema';
+       schemaname        |       tablename       |              indexname               | tablespace |                                                          indexdef                                                           
+-------------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ partitions_merge_schema | sales_feb_mar_apr2022 | sales_feb_mar_apr2022_sales_date_idx |            | CREATE INDEX sales_feb_mar_apr2022_sales_date_idx ON partitions_merge_schema.sales_feb_mar_apr2022 USING btree (sales_date)
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_range;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+--------------+------------
+           1 | May           |         1000 | 01-31-2022
+          10 | Halder        |          350 | 01-28-2022
+          13 | Gandi         |          377 | 01-09-2022
+           2 | Smirnoff      |          500 | 02-10-2022
+           6 | Poirot        |          150 | 02-11-2022
+           8 | Ericsson      |          185 | 02-23-2022
+           7 | Li            |          175 | 03-08-2022
+           9 | Muller        |          250 | 03-11-2022
+          12 | Plato         |          350 | 03-19-2022
+           3 | Ford          |         2000 | 04-30-2022
+           4 | Ivanov        |          750 | 04-13-2022
+           5 | Deev          |          250 | 04-07-2022
+          11 | Trump         |          380 | 04-06-2022
+          14 | Smith         |          510 | 05-04-2022
+(14 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_jan2022;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+--------------+------------
+           1 | May           |         1000 | 01-31-2022
+          10 | Halder        |          350 | 01-28-2022
+          13 | Gandi         |          377 | 01-09-2022
+(3 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_feb_mar_apr2022;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+--------------+------------
+           2 | Smirnoff      |          500 | 02-10-2022
+           6 | Poirot        |          150 | 02-11-2022
+           8 | Ericsson      |          185 | 02-23-2022
+           7 | Li            |          175 | 03-08-2022
+           9 | Muller        |          250 | 03-11-2022
+          12 | Plato         |          350 | 03-19-2022
+           3 | Ford          |         2000 | 04-30-2022
+           4 | Ivanov        |          750 | 04-13-2022
+           5 | Deev          |          250 | 04-07-2022
+          11 | Trump         |          380 | 04-06-2022
+(10 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_others;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+--------------+------------
+          14 | Smith         |          510 | 05-04-2022
+(1 row)
+
+-- Use indexscan for test indexes
+SET enable_seqscan = OFF;
+SELECT * FROM sales_feb_mar_apr2022 where sales_date > '2022-01-01';
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+--------------+------------
+           2 | Smirnoff      |          500 | 02-10-2022
+           6 | Poirot        |          150 | 02-11-2022
+           8 | Ericsson      |          185 | 02-23-2022
+           7 | Li            |          175 | 03-08-2022
+           9 | Muller        |          250 | 03-11-2022
+          12 | Plato         |          350 | 03-19-2022
+          11 | Trump         |          380 | 04-06-2022
+           5 | Deev          |          250 | 04-07-2022
+           4 | Ivanov        |          750 | 04-13-2022
+           3 | Ford          |         2000 | 04-30-2022
+(10 rows)
+
+RESET enable_seqscan;
+DROP TABLE sales_range;
+--
+-- Merge some partitions into DEFAULT partition
+--
+CREATE TABLE sales_range (salesman_id INT, salesman_name VARCHAR(30), sales_amount INT, sales_date DATE) PARTITION BY RANGE (sales_date);
+CREATE TABLE sales_jan2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-01-01') TO ('2022-02-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_feb2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-02-01') TO ('2022-03-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_mar2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-03-01') TO ('2022-04-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-01') TO ('2022-05-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_others PARTITION OF sales_range DEFAULT;
+CREATE INDEX sales_range_sales_date_idx ON sales_range USING btree (sales_date);
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (1,  'May',      1000, '2022-01-31');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (2,  'Smirnoff', 500,  '2022-02-10');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (3,  'Ford',     2000, '2022-04-30');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (4,  'Ivanov',   750,  '2022-04-13');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (5,  'Deev',     250,  '2022-04-07');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (6,  'Poirot',   150,  '2022-02-11');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (7,  'Li',       175,  '2022-03-08');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (8,  'Ericsson', 185,  '2022-02-23');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (9,  'Muller',   250,  '2022-03-11');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (10, 'Halder',   350,  '2022-01-28');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (11, 'Trump',    380,  '2022-04-06');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (12, 'Plato',    350,  '2022-03-19');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (13, 'Gandi',    377,  '2022-01-09');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (14, 'Smith',    510,  '2022-05-04');
+-- Merge partitions (include DEFAULT partition) into partition with the same
+-- name
+ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_jan2022, sales_mar2022, sales_others) INTO sales_others;
+select * from sales_others;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+--------------+------------
+           1 | May           |         1000 | 01-31-2022
+          10 | Halder        |          350 | 01-28-2022
+          13 | Gandi         |          377 | 01-09-2022
+           7 | Li            |          175 | 03-08-2022
+           9 | Muller        |          250 | 03-11-2022
+          12 | Plato         |          350 | 03-19-2022
+          14 | Smith         |          510 | 05-04-2022
+(7 rows)
+
+-- show partitions with conditions:
+SELECT c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass, c.relkind, inhdetachpending, pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid)
+  FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c, pg_catalog.pg_inherits i
+  WHERE c.oid = i.inhrelid AND i.inhparent = 'sales_range'::regclass
+  ORDER BY pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid) = 'DEFAULT', c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass::pg_catalog.text;
+      oid      | relkind | inhdetachpending |                   pg_get_expr                    
+---------------+---------+------------------+--------------------------------------------------
+ sales_apr2022 | r       | f                | FOR VALUES FROM ('04-01-2022') TO ('05-01-2022')
+ sales_feb2022 | r       | f                | FOR VALUES FROM ('02-01-2022') TO ('03-01-2022')
+ sales_others  | r       | f                | DEFAULT
+(3 rows)
+
+DROP TABLE sales_range;
+--
+-- Test for:
+--   * composite partition key;
+--   * GENERATED column;
+--   * column with DEFAULT value.
+--
+CREATE TABLE sales_date (salesman_name VARCHAR(30), sales_year INT, sales_month INT, sales_day INT,
+  sales_date VARCHAR(10) GENERATED ALWAYS AS
+    (LPAD(sales_year::text, 4, '0') || '.' || LPAD(sales_month::text, 2, '0') || '.' || LPAD(sales_day::text, 2, '0')) STORED,
+  sales_department VARCHAR(30) DEFAULT 'Sales department')
+  PARTITION BY RANGE (sales_year, sales_month, sales_day);
+CREATE TABLE sales_dec2022 PARTITION OF sales_date FOR VALUES FROM (2021, 12, 1) TO (2022, 1, 1);
+CREATE TABLE sales_jan2022 PARTITION OF sales_date FOR VALUES FROM (2022, 1, 1) TO (2022, 2, 1);
+CREATE TABLE sales_feb2022 PARTITION OF sales_date FOR VALUES FROM (2022, 2, 1) TO (2022, 3, 1);
+CREATE TABLE sales_other PARTITION OF sales_date FOR VALUES FROM (2022, 3, 1) TO (MAXVALUE, MAXVALUE, MAXVALUE);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager1', 2021, 12, 7);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager2', 2021, 12, 8);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager3', 2022, 1, 1);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager1', 2022, 2, 4);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager2', 2022, 1, 2);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager3', 2022, 2, 1);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager1', 2022, 3, 3);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager2', 2022, 3, 4);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager3', 2022, 5, 1);
+SELECT * FROM sales_date;
+ salesman_name | sales_year | sales_month | sales_day | sales_date | sales_department 
+---------------+------------+-------------+-----------+------------+------------------
+ Manager1      |       2021 |          12 |         7 | 2021.12.07 | Sales department
+ Manager2      |       2021 |          12 |         8 | 2021.12.08 | Sales department
+ Manager3      |       2022 |           1 |         1 | 2022.01.01 | Sales department
+ Manager2      |       2022 |           1 |         2 | 2022.01.02 | Sales department
+ Manager1      |       2022 |           2 |         4 | 2022.02.04 | Sales department
+ Manager3      |       2022 |           2 |         1 | 2022.02.01 | Sales department
+ Manager1      |       2022 |           3 |         3 | 2022.03.03 | Sales department
+ Manager2      |       2022 |           3 |         4 | 2022.03.04 | Sales department
+ Manager3      |       2022 |           5 |         1 | 2022.05.01 | Sales department
+(9 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_dec2022;
+ salesman_name | sales_year | sales_month | sales_day | sales_date | sales_department 
+---------------+------------+-------------+-----------+------------+------------------
+ Manager1      |       2021 |          12 |         7 | 2021.12.07 | Sales department
+ Manager2      |       2021 |          12 |         8 | 2021.12.08 | Sales department
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_jan2022;
+ salesman_name | sales_year | sales_month | sales_day | sales_date | sales_department 
+---------------+------------+-------------+-----------+------------+------------------
+ Manager3      |       2022 |           1 |         1 | 2022.01.01 | Sales department
+ Manager2      |       2022 |           1 |         2 | 2022.01.02 | Sales department
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_feb2022;
+ salesman_name | sales_year | sales_month | sales_day | sales_date | sales_department 
+---------------+------------+-------------+-----------+------------+------------------
+ Manager1      |       2022 |           2 |         4 | 2022.02.04 | Sales department
+ Manager3      |       2022 |           2 |         1 | 2022.02.01 | Sales department
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_other;
+ salesman_name | sales_year | sales_month | sales_day | sales_date | sales_department 
+---------------+------------+-------------+-----------+------------+------------------
+ Manager1      |       2022 |           3 |         3 | 2022.03.03 | Sales department
+ Manager2      |       2022 |           3 |         4 | 2022.03.04 | Sales department
+ Manager3      |       2022 |           5 |         1 | 2022.05.01 | Sales department
+(3 rows)
+
+ALTER TABLE sales_date MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_jan2022, sales_feb2022) INTO sales_jan_feb2022;
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager1', 2022, 1, 10);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager2', 2022, 2, 10);
+SELECT * FROM sales_date;
+ salesman_name | sales_year | sales_month | sales_day | sales_date | sales_department 
+---------------+------------+-------------+-----------+------------+------------------
+ Manager1      |       2021 |          12 |         7 | 2021.12.07 | Sales department
+ Manager2      |       2021 |          12 |         8 | 2021.12.08 | Sales department
+ Manager3      |       2022 |           1 |         1 | 2022.01.01 | Sales department
+ Manager2      |       2022 |           1 |         2 | 2022.01.02 | Sales department
+ Manager1      |       2022 |           2 |         4 | 2022.02.04 | Sales department
+ Manager3      |       2022 |           2 |         1 | 2022.02.01 | Sales department
+ Manager1      |       2022 |           1 |        10 | 2022.01.10 | Sales department
+ Manager2      |       2022 |           2 |        10 | 2022.02.10 | Sales department
+ Manager1      |       2022 |           3 |         3 | 2022.03.03 | Sales department
+ Manager2      |       2022 |           3 |         4 | 2022.03.04 | Sales department
+ Manager3      |       2022 |           5 |         1 | 2022.05.01 | Sales department
+(11 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_dec2022;
+ salesman_name | sales_year | sales_month | sales_day | sales_date | sales_department 
+---------------+------------+-------------+-----------+------------+------------------
+ Manager1      |       2021 |          12 |         7 | 2021.12.07 | Sales department
+ Manager2      |       2021 |          12 |         8 | 2021.12.08 | Sales department
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_jan_feb2022;
+ salesman_name | sales_year | sales_month | sales_day | sales_date | sales_department 
+---------------+------------+-------------+-----------+------------+------------------
+ Manager3      |       2022 |           1 |         1 | 2022.01.01 | Sales department
+ Manager2      |       2022 |           1 |         2 | 2022.01.02 | Sales department
+ Manager1      |       2022 |           2 |         4 | 2022.02.04 | Sales department
+ Manager3      |       2022 |           2 |         1 | 2022.02.01 | Sales department
+ Manager1      |       2022 |           1 |        10 | 2022.01.10 | Sales department
+ Manager2      |       2022 |           2 |        10 | 2022.02.10 | Sales department
+(6 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_other;
+ salesman_name | sales_year | sales_month | sales_day | sales_date | sales_department 
+---------------+------------+-------------+-----------+------------+------------------
+ Manager1      |       2022 |           3 |         3 | 2022.03.03 | Sales department
+ Manager2      |       2022 |           3 |         4 | 2022.03.04 | Sales department
+ Manager3      |       2022 |           5 |         1 | 2022.05.01 | Sales department
+(3 rows)
+
+DROP TABLE sales_date;
+--
+-- Test: merge partitions of partitioned table with triggers
+--
+CREATE TABLE salesmans(salesman_id INT PRIMARY KEY, salesman_name VARCHAR(30)) PARTITION BY RANGE (salesman_id);
+CREATE TABLE salesmans01_10 PARTITION OF salesmans FOR VALUES FROM (1) TO (10);
+CREATE TABLE salesmans10_20 PARTITION OF salesmans FOR VALUES FROM (10) TO (20);
+CREATE TABLE salesmans20_30 PARTITION OF salesmans FOR VALUES FROM (20) TO (30);
+CREATE TABLE salesmans30_40 PARTITION OF salesmans FOR VALUES FROM (30) TO (40);
+INSERT INTO salesmans VALUES (1,  'Poirot');
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION after_insert_row_trigger() RETURNS trigger LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' AS $BODY$
+BEGIN
+	RAISE NOTICE 'trigger(%) called: action = %, when = %, level = %', TG_ARGV[0], TG_OP, TG_WHEN, TG_LEVEL;
+    RETURN NULL;
+END;
+$BODY$;
+CREATE TRIGGER salesmans_after_insert_statement_trigger
+    AFTER INSERT
+    ON salesmans
+    FOR EACH STATEMENT
+    EXECUTE PROCEDURE after_insert_row_trigger('salesmans');
+CREATE TRIGGER salesmans_after_insert_row_trigger
+    AFTER INSERT
+    ON salesmans
+    FOR EACH ROW
+    EXECUTE PROCEDURE after_insert_row_trigger('salesmans');
+-- 2 triggers should fire here (row + statement):
+INSERT INTO salesmans VALUES (10, 'May');
+NOTICE:  trigger(salesmans) called: action = INSERT, when = AFTER, level = ROW
+NOTICE:  trigger(salesmans) called: action = INSERT, when = AFTER, level = STATEMENT
+-- 1 trigger should fire here (row):
+INSERT INTO salesmans10_20 VALUES (19, 'Ivanov');
+NOTICE:  trigger(salesmans) called: action = INSERT, when = AFTER, level = ROW
+ALTER TABLE salesmans MERGE PARTITIONS (salesmans10_20, salesmans20_30, salesmans30_40) INTO salesmans10_40;
+-- 2 triggers should fire here (row + statement):
+INSERT INTO salesmans VALUES (20, 'Smirnoff');
+NOTICE:  trigger(salesmans) called: action = INSERT, when = AFTER, level = ROW
+NOTICE:  trigger(salesmans) called: action = INSERT, when = AFTER, level = STATEMENT
+-- 1 trigger should fire here (row):
+INSERT INTO salesmans10_40 VALUES (30, 'Ford');
+NOTICE:  trigger(salesmans) called: action = INSERT, when = AFTER, level = ROW
+SELECT * FROM salesmans01_10;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name 
+-------------+---------------
+           1 | Poirot
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT * FROM salesmans10_40;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name 
+-------------+---------------
+          10 | May
+          19 | Ivanov
+          20 | Smirnoff
+          30 | Ford
+(4 rows)
+
+DROP TABLE salesmans;
+DROP FUNCTION after_insert_row_trigger();
+--
+-- Test: merge partitions with deleted columns
+--
+CREATE TABLE salesmans(salesman_id INT PRIMARY KEY, salesman_name VARCHAR(30)) PARTITION BY RANGE (salesman_id);
+CREATE TABLE salesmans01_10 PARTITION OF salesmans FOR VALUES FROM (1) TO (10);
+-- Create partitions with some deleted columns:
+CREATE TABLE salesmans10_20(d1 VARCHAR(30), salesman_id INT PRIMARY KEY, salesman_name VARCHAR(30));
+CREATE TABLE salesmans20_30(salesman_id INT PRIMARY KEY, d2 INT,  salesman_name VARCHAR(30));
+CREATE TABLE salesmans30_40(salesman_id INT PRIMARY KEY, d3 DATE, salesman_name VARCHAR(30));
+INSERT INTO salesmans10_20 VALUES ('dummy value 1', 19, 'Ivanov');
+INSERT INTO salesmans20_30 VALUES (20, 101, 'Smirnoff');
+INSERT INTO salesmans30_40 VALUES (31, now(), 'Popov');
+ALTER TABLE salesmans10_20 DROP COLUMN d1;
+ALTER TABLE salesmans20_30 DROP COLUMN d2;
+ALTER TABLE salesmans30_40 DROP COLUMN d3;
+ALTER TABLE salesmans ATTACH PARTITION salesmans10_20 FOR VALUES FROM (10) TO (20);
+ALTER TABLE salesmans ATTACH PARTITION salesmans20_30 FOR VALUES FROM (20) TO (30);
+ALTER TABLE salesmans ATTACH PARTITION salesmans30_40 FOR VALUES FROM (30) TO (40);
+INSERT INTO salesmans VALUES (1, 'Poirot');
+INSERT INTO salesmans VALUES (10, 'May');
+INSERT INTO salesmans VALUES (30, 'Ford');
+ALTER TABLE salesmans MERGE PARTITIONS (salesmans10_20, salesmans20_30, salesmans30_40) INTO salesmans10_40;
+select * from salesmans;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name 
+-------------+---------------
+           1 | Poirot
+          19 | Ivanov
+          10 | May
+          20 | Smirnoff
+          31 | Popov
+          30 | Ford
+(6 rows)
+
+select * from salesmans01_10;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name 
+-------------+---------------
+           1 | Poirot
+(1 row)
+
+select * from salesmans10_40;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name 
+-------------+---------------
+          19 | Ivanov
+          10 | May
+          20 | Smirnoff
+          31 | Popov
+          30 | Ford
+(5 rows)
+
+DROP TABLE salesmans;
+--
+-- Test: merge sub-partitions
+--
+CREATE TABLE sales_range (salesman_id INT, salesman_name VARCHAR(30), sales_amount INT, sales_date DATE) PARTITION BY RANGE (sales_date);
+CREATE TABLE sales_jan2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-01-01') TO ('2022-02-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_feb2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-02-01') TO ('2022-03-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_mar2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-03-01') TO ('2022-04-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr2022 (salesman_id INT, salesman_name VARCHAR(30), sales_amount INT, sales_date DATE) PARTITION BY RANGE (sales_date);
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr2022_01_10 PARTITION OF sales_apr2022 FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-01') TO ('2022-04-10');
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr2022_10_20 PARTITION OF sales_apr2022 FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-10') TO ('2022-04-20');
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr2022_20_30 PARTITION OF sales_apr2022 FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-20') TO ('2022-05-01');
+ALTER TABLE sales_range ATTACH PARTITION sales_apr2022 FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-01') TO ('2022-05-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_others PARTITION OF sales_range DEFAULT;
+CREATE INDEX sales_range_sales_date_idx ON sales_range USING btree (sales_date);
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (1,  'May',      1000, '2022-01-31');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (2,  'Smirnoff', 500,  '2022-02-10');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (3,  'Ford',     2000, '2022-04-30');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (4,  'Ivanov',   750,  '2022-04-13');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (5,  'Deev',     250,  '2022-04-07');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (6,  'Poirot',   150,  '2022-02-11');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (7,  'Li',       175,  '2022-03-08');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (8,  'Ericsson', 185,  '2022-02-23');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (9,  'Muller',   250,  '2022-03-11');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (10, 'Halder',   350,  '2022-01-28');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (11, 'Trump',    380,  '2022-04-06');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (12, 'Plato',    350,  '2022-03-19');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (13, 'Gandi',    377,  '2022-01-09');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (14, 'Smith',    510,  '2022-05-04');
+SELECT * FROM sales_range;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+--------------+------------
+           1 | May           |         1000 | 01-31-2022
+          10 | Halder        |          350 | 01-28-2022
+          13 | Gandi         |          377 | 01-09-2022
+           2 | Smirnoff      |          500 | 02-10-2022
+           6 | Poirot        |          150 | 02-11-2022
+           8 | Ericsson      |          185 | 02-23-2022
+           7 | Li            |          175 | 03-08-2022
+           9 | Muller        |          250 | 03-11-2022
+          12 | Plato         |          350 | 03-19-2022
+           5 | Deev          |          250 | 04-07-2022
+          11 | Trump         |          380 | 04-06-2022
+           4 | Ivanov        |          750 | 04-13-2022
+           3 | Ford          |         2000 | 04-30-2022
+          14 | Smith         |          510 | 05-04-2022
+(14 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_apr2022;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+--------------+------------
+           5 | Deev          |          250 | 04-07-2022
+          11 | Trump         |          380 | 04-06-2022
+           4 | Ivanov        |          750 | 04-13-2022
+           3 | Ford          |         2000 | 04-30-2022
+(4 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_apr2022_01_10;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+--------------+------------
+           5 | Deev          |          250 | 04-07-2022
+          11 | Trump         |          380 | 04-06-2022
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_apr2022_10_20;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+--------------+------------
+           4 | Ivanov        |          750 | 04-13-2022
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_apr2022_20_30;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+--------------+------------
+           3 | Ford          |         2000 | 04-30-2022
+(1 row)
+
+ALTER TABLE sales_apr2022 MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_apr2022_01_10, sales_apr2022_10_20, sales_apr2022_20_30) INTO sales_apr_all;
+SELECT * FROM sales_range;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+--------------+------------
+           1 | May           |         1000 | 01-31-2022
+          10 | Halder        |          350 | 01-28-2022
+          13 | Gandi         |          377 | 01-09-2022
+           2 | Smirnoff      |          500 | 02-10-2022
+           6 | Poirot        |          150 | 02-11-2022
+           8 | Ericsson      |          185 | 02-23-2022
+           7 | Li            |          175 | 03-08-2022
+           9 | Muller        |          250 | 03-11-2022
+          12 | Plato         |          350 | 03-19-2022
+           5 | Deev          |          250 | 04-07-2022
+          11 | Trump         |          380 | 04-06-2022
+           4 | Ivanov        |          750 | 04-13-2022
+           3 | Ford          |         2000 | 04-30-2022
+          14 | Smith         |          510 | 05-04-2022
+(14 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_apr2022;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+--------------+------------
+           5 | Deev          |          250 | 04-07-2022
+          11 | Trump         |          380 | 04-06-2022
+           4 | Ivanov        |          750 | 04-13-2022
+           3 | Ford          |         2000 | 04-30-2022
+(4 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_apr_all;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+--------------+------------
+           5 | Deev          |          250 | 04-07-2022
+          11 | Trump         |          380 | 04-06-2022
+           4 | Ivanov        |          750 | 04-13-2022
+           3 | Ford          |         2000 | 04-30-2022
+(4 rows)
+
+DROP TABLE sales_range;
+--
+-- BY LIST partitioning
+--
+--
+-- Test: specific errors for BY LIST partitioning
+--
+CREATE TABLE sales_list
+(salesman_id INT GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,
+ salesman_name VARCHAR(30),
+ sales_state VARCHAR(20),
+ sales_amount INT,
+ sales_date DATE)
+PARTITION BY LIST (sales_state);
+CREATE TABLE sales_nord PARTITION OF sales_list FOR VALUES IN ('Oslo', 'St. Petersburg', 'Helsinki');
+CREATE TABLE sales_west PARTITION OF sales_list FOR VALUES IN ('Lisbon', 'New York', 'Madrid');
+CREATE TABLE sales_east PARTITION OF sales_list FOR VALUES IN ('Bejing', 'Delhi', 'Vladivostok');
+CREATE TABLE sales_central PARTITION OF sales_list FOR VALUES IN ('Warsaw', 'Berlin', 'Kyiv');
+CREATE TABLE sales_others PARTITION OF sales_list DEFAULT;
+CREATE TABLE sales_list2 (LIKE sales_list) PARTITION BY LIST (sales_state);
+CREATE TABLE sales_nord2 PARTITION OF sales_list2 FOR VALUES IN ('Oslo', 'St. Petersburg', 'Helsinki');
+CREATE TABLE sales_others2 PARTITION OF sales_list2 DEFAULT;
+CREATE TABLE sales_external (LIKE sales_list);
+CREATE TABLE sales_external2 (vch VARCHAR(5));
+-- ERROR:  partition bound for relation "sales_external" is null
+ALTER TABLE sales_list MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_west, sales_east, sales_external) INTO sales_all;
+ERROR:  partition bound for relation "sales_external" is null
+-- ERROR:  partition bound for relation "sales_external2" is null
+ALTER TABLE sales_list MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_west, sales_east, sales_external2) INTO sales_all;
+ERROR:  partition bound for relation "sales_external2" is null
+-- ERROR:  relation "sales_nord2" is not a partition of relation "sales_list"
+ALTER TABLE sales_list MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_west, sales_nord2, sales_east) INTO sales_all;
+ERROR:  relation "sales_nord2" is not a partition of relation "sales_list"
+DROP TABLE sales_external2;
+DROP TABLE sales_external;
+DROP TABLE sales_list2;
+DROP TABLE sales_list;
+--
+-- Test: BY LIST partitioning, MERGE PARTITIONS with data
+--
+CREATE TABLE sales_list
+(salesman_id INT GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,
+ salesman_name VARCHAR(30),
+ sales_state VARCHAR(20),
+ sales_amount INT,
+ sales_date DATE)
+PARTITION BY LIST (sales_state);
+CREATE INDEX sales_list_salesman_name_idx ON sales_list USING btree (salesman_name);
+CREATE INDEX sales_list_sales_state_idx ON sales_list USING btree (sales_state);
+CREATE TABLE sales_nord PARTITION OF sales_list FOR VALUES IN ('Oslo', 'St. Petersburg', 'Helsinki');
+CREATE TABLE sales_west PARTITION OF sales_list FOR VALUES IN ('Lisbon', 'New York', 'Madrid');
+CREATE TABLE sales_east PARTITION OF sales_list FOR VALUES IN ('Bejing', 'Delhi', 'Vladivostok');
+CREATE TABLE sales_central PARTITION OF sales_list FOR VALUES IN ('Warsaw', 'Berlin', 'Kyiv');
+CREATE TABLE sales_others PARTITION OF sales_list DEFAULT;
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Trump',    'Bejing',         1000, '2022-03-01');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Smirnoff', 'New York',        500, '2022-03-03');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Ford',     'St. Petersburg', 2000, '2022-03-05');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Ivanov',   'Warsaw',          750, '2022-03-04');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Deev',     'Lisbon',          250, '2022-03-07');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Poirot',   'Berlin',         1000, '2022-03-01');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('May',      'Helsinki',       1200, '2022-03-06');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Li',       'Vladivostok',    1150, '2022-03-09');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('May',      'Helsinki',       1200, '2022-03-11');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Halder',   'Oslo',            800, '2022-03-02');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Muller',   'Madrid',          650, '2022-03-05');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Smith',    'Kyiv',            350, '2022-03-10');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Gandi',    'Warsaw',          150, '2022-03-08');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Plato',    'Lisbon',          950, '2022-03-05');
+-- show partitions with conditions:
+SELECT c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass, c.relkind, inhdetachpending, pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid)
+  FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c, pg_catalog.pg_inherits i
+  WHERE c.oid = i.inhrelid AND i.inhparent = 'sales_list'::regclass
+  ORDER BY pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid) = 'DEFAULT', c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass::pg_catalog.text;
+      oid      | relkind | inhdetachpending |                     pg_get_expr                      
+---------------+---------+------------------+------------------------------------------------------
+ sales_central | r       | f                | FOR VALUES IN ('Warsaw', 'Berlin', 'Kyiv')
+ sales_east    | r       | f                | FOR VALUES IN ('Bejing', 'Delhi', 'Vladivostok')
+ sales_nord    | r       | f                | FOR VALUES IN ('Oslo', 'St. Petersburg', 'Helsinki')
+ sales_west    | r       | f                | FOR VALUES IN ('Lisbon', 'New York', 'Madrid')
+ sales_others  | r       | f                | DEFAULT
+(5 rows)
+
+ALTER TABLE sales_list MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_west, sales_east, sales_central) INTO sales_all;
+-- show partitions with conditions:
+SELECT c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass, c.relkind, inhdetachpending, pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid)
+  FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c, pg_catalog.pg_inherits i
+  WHERE c.oid = i.inhrelid AND i.inhparent = 'sales_list'::regclass
+  ORDER BY pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid) = 'DEFAULT', c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass::pg_catalog.text;
+     oid      | relkind | inhdetachpending |                                                 pg_get_expr                                                  
+--------------+---------+------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ sales_all    | r       | f                | FOR VALUES IN ('Lisbon', 'New York', 'Madrid', 'Bejing', 'Delhi', 'Vladivostok', 'Warsaw', 'Berlin', 'Kyiv')
+ sales_nord   | r       | f                | FOR VALUES IN ('Oslo', 'St. Petersburg', 'Helsinki')
+ sales_others | r       | f                | DEFAULT
+(3 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_list;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name |  sales_state   | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+----------------+--------------+------------
+           2 | Smirnoff      | New York       |          500 | 03-03-2022
+           5 | Deev          | Lisbon         |          250 | 03-07-2022
+          11 | Muller        | Madrid         |          650 | 03-05-2022
+          14 | Plato         | Lisbon         |          950 | 03-05-2022
+           1 | Trump         | Bejing         |         1000 | 03-01-2022
+           8 | Li            | Vladivostok    |         1150 | 03-09-2022
+           4 | Ivanov        | Warsaw         |          750 | 03-04-2022
+           6 | Poirot        | Berlin         |         1000 | 03-01-2022
+          12 | Smith         | Kyiv           |          350 | 03-10-2022
+          13 | Gandi         | Warsaw         |          150 | 03-08-2022
+           3 | Ford          | St. Petersburg |         2000 | 03-05-2022
+           7 | May           | Helsinki       |         1200 | 03-06-2022
+           9 | May           | Helsinki       |         1200 | 03-11-2022
+          10 | Halder        | Oslo           |          800 | 03-02-2022
+(14 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_nord;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name |  sales_state   | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+----------------+--------------+------------
+           3 | Ford          | St. Petersburg |         2000 | 03-05-2022
+           7 | May           | Helsinki       |         1200 | 03-06-2022
+           9 | May           | Helsinki       |         1200 | 03-11-2022
+          10 | Halder        | Oslo           |          800 | 03-02-2022
+(4 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_all;
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_state | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+-------------+--------------+------------
+           2 | Smirnoff      | New York    |          500 | 03-03-2022
+           5 | Deev          | Lisbon      |          250 | 03-07-2022
+          11 | Muller        | Madrid      |          650 | 03-05-2022
+          14 | Plato         | Lisbon      |          950 | 03-05-2022
+           1 | Trump         | Bejing      |         1000 | 03-01-2022
+           8 | Li            | Vladivostok |         1150 | 03-09-2022
+           4 | Ivanov        | Warsaw      |          750 | 03-04-2022
+           6 | Poirot        | Berlin      |         1000 | 03-01-2022
+          12 | Smith         | Kyiv        |          350 | 03-10-2022
+          13 | Gandi         | Warsaw      |          150 | 03-08-2022
+(10 rows)
+
+-- Use indexscan for test indexes after merge partitions
+SET enable_seqscan = OFF;
+SELECT * FROM sales_all WHERE sales_state = 'Warsaw';
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_state | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+-------------+--------------+------------
+           4 | Ivanov        | Warsaw      |          750 | 03-04-2022
+          13 | Gandi         | Warsaw      |          150 | 03-08-2022
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_list WHERE sales_state = 'Warsaw';
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_state | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+-------------+--------------+------------
+           4 | Ivanov        | Warsaw      |          750 | 03-04-2022
+          13 | Gandi         | Warsaw      |          150 | 03-08-2022
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_list WHERE salesman_name = 'Ivanov';
+ salesman_id | salesman_name | sales_state | sales_amount | sales_date 
+-------------+---------------+-------------+--------------+------------
+           4 | Ivanov        | Warsaw      |          750 | 03-04-2022
+(1 row)
+
+RESET enable_seqscan;
+DROP TABLE sales_list;
+--
+DROP SCHEMA partitions_merge_schema;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/parallel_schedule b/src/test/regress/parallel_schedule
index e9184b5a409..0bd1444767b 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/parallel_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/parallel_schedule
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ test: plancache limit plpgsql copy2 temp domain rangefuncs prepare conversion tr
 # The stats test resets stats, so nothing else needing stats access can be in
 # this group.
 # ----------
-test: partition_join partition_prune reloptions hash_part indexing partition_aggregate partition_info tuplesort explain compression memoize stats predicate
+test: partition_merge partition_join partition_prune reloptions hash_part indexing partition_aggregate partition_info tuplesort explain compression memoize stats predicate
 
 # event_trigger depends on create_am and cannot run concurrently with
 # any test that runs DDL
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/partition_merge.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/partition_merge.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb461e6623a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/partition_merge.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,430 @@
+--
+-- PARTITIONS_MERGE
+-- Tests for "ALTER TABLE ... MERGE PARTITIONS ..." command
+--
+
+CREATE SCHEMA partitions_merge_schema;
+SET search_path = partitions_merge_schema, public;
+
+--
+-- BY RANGE partitioning
+--
+
+--
+-- Test for error codes
+--
+CREATE TABLE sales_range (salesman_id INT, salesman_name VARCHAR(30), sales_amount INT, sales_date DATE) PARTITION BY RANGE (sales_date);
+CREATE TABLE sales_dec2021 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2021-12-01') TO ('2021-12-31');
+CREATE TABLE sales_jan2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-01-01') TO ('2022-02-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_feb2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-02-01') TO ('2022-03-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_mar2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-03-01') TO ('2022-04-01');
+
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr2022 (salesman_id INT, salesman_name VARCHAR(30), sales_amount INT, sales_date DATE) PARTITION BY RANGE (sales_date);
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr_1 PARTITION OF sales_apr2022 FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-01') TO ('2022-04-15');
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr_2 PARTITION OF sales_apr2022 FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-15') TO ('2022-05-01');
+ALTER TABLE sales_range ATTACH PARTITION sales_apr2022 FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-01') TO ('2022-05-01');
+
+CREATE TABLE sales_others PARTITION OF sales_range DEFAULT;
+
+-- ERROR:  partition with name "sales_feb2022" already used
+ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_feb2022, sales_mar2022, sales_feb2022) INTO sales_feb_mar_apr2022;
+-- ERROR:  cannot merge non-table partition "sales_apr2022"
+ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_feb2022, sales_mar2022, sales_apr2022) INTO sales_feb_mar_apr2022;
+-- ERROR:  invalid partitions order, partition "sales_mar2022" can not be merged
+-- (space between sections sales_jan2022 and sales_mar2022)
+ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_jan2022, sales_mar2022) INTO sales_jan_mar2022;
+-- ERROR:  invalid partitions order, partition "sales_jan2022" can not be merged
+-- (space between sections sales_dec2021 and sales_jan2022)
+ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_dec2021, sales_jan2022, sales_feb2022) INTO sales_dec_jan_feb2022;
+
+-- NO ERROR: test for custom partitions order
+ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_feb2022, sales_mar2022, sales_jan2022) INTO sales_jan_feb_mar2022;
+
+SELECT c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass, c.relkind, inhdetachpending, pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid)
+  FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c, pg_catalog.pg_inherits i
+  WHERE c.oid = i.inhrelid AND i.inhparent = 'sales_range'::regclass
+  ORDER BY pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid) = 'DEFAULT', c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass::pg_catalog.text;
+
+DROP TABLE sales_range;
+
+--
+-- Add rows into partitioned table then merge partitions
+--
+CREATE TABLE sales_range (salesman_id INT, salesman_name VARCHAR(30), sales_amount INT, sales_date DATE) PARTITION BY RANGE (sales_date);
+CREATE TABLE sales_jan2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-01-01') TO ('2022-02-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_feb2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-02-01') TO ('2022-03-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_mar2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-03-01') TO ('2022-04-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-01') TO ('2022-05-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_others PARTITION OF sales_range DEFAULT;
+CREATE INDEX sales_range_sales_date_idx ON sales_range USING btree (sales_date);
+
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (1,  'May',      1000, '2022-01-31');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (2,  'Smirnoff', 500,  '2022-02-10');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (3,  'Ford',     2000, '2022-04-30');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (4,  'Ivanov',   750,  '2022-04-13');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (5,  'Deev',     250,  '2022-04-07');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (6,  'Poirot',   150,  '2022-02-11');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (7,  'Li',       175,  '2022-03-08');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (8,  'Ericsson', 185,  '2022-02-23');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (9,  'Muller',   250,  '2022-03-11');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (10, 'Halder',   350,  '2022-01-28');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (11, 'Trump',    380,  '2022-04-06');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (12, 'Plato',    350,  '2022-03-19');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (13, 'Gandi',    377,  '2022-01-09');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (14, 'Smith',    510,  '2022-05-04');
+
+SELECT pg_catalog.pg_get_partkeydef('sales_range'::regclass);
+
+-- show partitions with conditions:
+SELECT c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass, c.relkind, inhdetachpending, pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid)
+  FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c, pg_catalog.pg_inherits i
+  WHERE c.oid = i.inhrelid AND i.inhparent = 'sales_range'::regclass
+  ORDER BY pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid) = 'DEFAULT', c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass::pg_catalog.text;
+
+ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_feb2022, sales_mar2022, sales_apr2022) INTO sales_feb_mar_apr2022;
+
+-- show partitions with conditions:
+SELECT c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass, c.relkind, inhdetachpending, pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid)
+  FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c, pg_catalog.pg_inherits i
+  WHERE c.oid = i.inhrelid AND i.inhparent = 'sales_range'::regclass
+  ORDER BY pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid) = 'DEFAULT', c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass::pg_catalog.text;
+
+SELECT * FROM pg_indexes WHERE tablename = 'sales_feb_mar_apr2022' and schemaname = 'partitions_merge_schema';
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_range;
+SELECT * FROM sales_jan2022;
+SELECT * FROM sales_feb_mar_apr2022;
+SELECT * FROM sales_others;
+
+-- Use indexscan for test indexes
+SET enable_seqscan = OFF;
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_feb_mar_apr2022 where sales_date > '2022-01-01';
+
+RESET enable_seqscan;
+
+DROP TABLE sales_range;
+
+--
+-- Merge some partitions into DEFAULT partition
+--
+CREATE TABLE sales_range (salesman_id INT, salesman_name VARCHAR(30), sales_amount INT, sales_date DATE) PARTITION BY RANGE (sales_date);
+CREATE TABLE sales_jan2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-01-01') TO ('2022-02-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_feb2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-02-01') TO ('2022-03-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_mar2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-03-01') TO ('2022-04-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-01') TO ('2022-05-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_others PARTITION OF sales_range DEFAULT;
+CREATE INDEX sales_range_sales_date_idx ON sales_range USING btree (sales_date);
+
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (1,  'May',      1000, '2022-01-31');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (2,  'Smirnoff', 500,  '2022-02-10');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (3,  'Ford',     2000, '2022-04-30');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (4,  'Ivanov',   750,  '2022-04-13');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (5,  'Deev',     250,  '2022-04-07');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (6,  'Poirot',   150,  '2022-02-11');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (7,  'Li',       175,  '2022-03-08');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (8,  'Ericsson', 185,  '2022-02-23');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (9,  'Muller',   250,  '2022-03-11');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (10, 'Halder',   350,  '2022-01-28');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (11, 'Trump',    380,  '2022-04-06');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (12, 'Plato',    350,  '2022-03-19');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (13, 'Gandi',    377,  '2022-01-09');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (14, 'Smith',    510,  '2022-05-04');
+
+-- Merge partitions (include DEFAULT partition) into partition with the same
+-- name
+ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_jan2022, sales_mar2022, sales_others) INTO sales_others;
+
+select * from sales_others;
+
+-- show partitions with conditions:
+SELECT c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass, c.relkind, inhdetachpending, pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid)
+  FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c, pg_catalog.pg_inherits i
+  WHERE c.oid = i.inhrelid AND i.inhparent = 'sales_range'::regclass
+  ORDER BY pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid) = 'DEFAULT', c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass::pg_catalog.text;
+
+DROP TABLE sales_range;
+
+--
+-- Test for:
+--   * composite partition key;
+--   * GENERATED column;
+--   * column with DEFAULT value.
+--
+CREATE TABLE sales_date (salesman_name VARCHAR(30), sales_year INT, sales_month INT, sales_day INT,
+  sales_date VARCHAR(10) GENERATED ALWAYS AS
+    (LPAD(sales_year::text, 4, '0') || '.' || LPAD(sales_month::text, 2, '0') || '.' || LPAD(sales_day::text, 2, '0')) STORED,
+  sales_department VARCHAR(30) DEFAULT 'Sales department')
+  PARTITION BY RANGE (sales_year, sales_month, sales_day);
+
+CREATE TABLE sales_dec2022 PARTITION OF sales_date FOR VALUES FROM (2021, 12, 1) TO (2022, 1, 1);
+CREATE TABLE sales_jan2022 PARTITION OF sales_date FOR VALUES FROM (2022, 1, 1) TO (2022, 2, 1);
+CREATE TABLE sales_feb2022 PARTITION OF sales_date FOR VALUES FROM (2022, 2, 1) TO (2022, 3, 1);
+CREATE TABLE sales_other PARTITION OF sales_date FOR VALUES FROM (2022, 3, 1) TO (MAXVALUE, MAXVALUE, MAXVALUE);
+
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager1', 2021, 12, 7);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager2', 2021, 12, 8);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager3', 2022, 1, 1);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager1', 2022, 2, 4);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager2', 2022, 1, 2);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager3', 2022, 2, 1);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager1', 2022, 3, 3);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager2', 2022, 3, 4);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager3', 2022, 5, 1);
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_date;
+SELECT * FROM sales_dec2022;
+SELECT * FROM sales_jan2022;
+SELECT * FROM sales_feb2022;
+SELECT * FROM sales_other;
+
+ALTER TABLE sales_date MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_jan2022, sales_feb2022) INTO sales_jan_feb2022;
+
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager1', 2022, 1, 10);
+INSERT INTO sales_date(salesman_name, sales_year, sales_month, sales_day) VALUES ('Manager2', 2022, 2, 10);
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_date;
+SELECT * FROM sales_dec2022;
+SELECT * FROM sales_jan_feb2022;
+SELECT * FROM sales_other;
+
+DROP TABLE sales_date;
+
+--
+-- Test: merge partitions of partitioned table with triggers
+--
+CREATE TABLE salesmans(salesman_id INT PRIMARY KEY, salesman_name VARCHAR(30)) PARTITION BY RANGE (salesman_id);
+
+CREATE TABLE salesmans01_10 PARTITION OF salesmans FOR VALUES FROM (1) TO (10);
+CREATE TABLE salesmans10_20 PARTITION OF salesmans FOR VALUES FROM (10) TO (20);
+CREATE TABLE salesmans20_30 PARTITION OF salesmans FOR VALUES FROM (20) TO (30);
+CREATE TABLE salesmans30_40 PARTITION OF salesmans FOR VALUES FROM (30) TO (40);
+
+INSERT INTO salesmans VALUES (1,  'Poirot');
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION after_insert_row_trigger() RETURNS trigger LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' AS $BODY$
+BEGIN
+	RAISE NOTICE 'trigger(%) called: action = %, when = %, level = %', TG_ARGV[0], TG_OP, TG_WHEN, TG_LEVEL;
+    RETURN NULL;
+END;
+$BODY$;
+
+CREATE TRIGGER salesmans_after_insert_statement_trigger
+    AFTER INSERT
+    ON salesmans
+    FOR EACH STATEMENT
+    EXECUTE PROCEDURE after_insert_row_trigger('salesmans');
+
+CREATE TRIGGER salesmans_after_insert_row_trigger
+    AFTER INSERT
+    ON salesmans
+    FOR EACH ROW
+    EXECUTE PROCEDURE after_insert_row_trigger('salesmans');
+
+-- 2 triggers should fire here (row + statement):
+INSERT INTO salesmans VALUES (10, 'May');
+-- 1 trigger should fire here (row):
+INSERT INTO salesmans10_20 VALUES (19, 'Ivanov');
+
+ALTER TABLE salesmans MERGE PARTITIONS (salesmans10_20, salesmans20_30, salesmans30_40) INTO salesmans10_40;
+
+-- 2 triggers should fire here (row + statement):
+INSERT INTO salesmans VALUES (20, 'Smirnoff');
+-- 1 trigger should fire here (row):
+INSERT INTO salesmans10_40 VALUES (30, 'Ford');
+
+SELECT * FROM salesmans01_10;
+SELECT * FROM salesmans10_40;
+
+DROP TABLE salesmans;
+DROP FUNCTION after_insert_row_trigger();
+
+--
+-- Test: merge partitions with deleted columns
+--
+CREATE TABLE salesmans(salesman_id INT PRIMARY KEY, salesman_name VARCHAR(30)) PARTITION BY RANGE (salesman_id);
+
+CREATE TABLE salesmans01_10 PARTITION OF salesmans FOR VALUES FROM (1) TO (10);
+-- Create partitions with some deleted columns:
+CREATE TABLE salesmans10_20(d1 VARCHAR(30), salesman_id INT PRIMARY KEY, salesman_name VARCHAR(30));
+CREATE TABLE salesmans20_30(salesman_id INT PRIMARY KEY, d2 INT,  salesman_name VARCHAR(30));
+CREATE TABLE salesmans30_40(salesman_id INT PRIMARY KEY, d3 DATE, salesman_name VARCHAR(30));
+
+INSERT INTO salesmans10_20 VALUES ('dummy value 1', 19, 'Ivanov');
+INSERT INTO salesmans20_30 VALUES (20, 101, 'Smirnoff');
+INSERT INTO salesmans30_40 VALUES (31, now(), 'Popov');
+
+ALTER TABLE salesmans10_20 DROP COLUMN d1;
+ALTER TABLE salesmans20_30 DROP COLUMN d2;
+ALTER TABLE salesmans30_40 DROP COLUMN d3;
+
+ALTER TABLE salesmans ATTACH PARTITION salesmans10_20 FOR VALUES FROM (10) TO (20);
+ALTER TABLE salesmans ATTACH PARTITION salesmans20_30 FOR VALUES FROM (20) TO (30);
+ALTER TABLE salesmans ATTACH PARTITION salesmans30_40 FOR VALUES FROM (30) TO (40);
+
+INSERT INTO salesmans VALUES (1, 'Poirot');
+INSERT INTO salesmans VALUES (10, 'May');
+INSERT INTO salesmans VALUES (30, 'Ford');
+
+ALTER TABLE salesmans MERGE PARTITIONS (salesmans10_20, salesmans20_30, salesmans30_40) INTO salesmans10_40;
+
+select * from salesmans;
+select * from salesmans01_10;
+select * from salesmans10_40;
+
+DROP TABLE salesmans;
+
+--
+-- Test: merge sub-partitions
+--
+CREATE TABLE sales_range (salesman_id INT, salesman_name VARCHAR(30), sales_amount INT, sales_date DATE) PARTITION BY RANGE (sales_date);
+CREATE TABLE sales_jan2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-01-01') TO ('2022-02-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_feb2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-02-01') TO ('2022-03-01');
+CREATE TABLE sales_mar2022 PARTITION OF sales_range FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-03-01') TO ('2022-04-01');
+
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr2022 (salesman_id INT, salesman_name VARCHAR(30), sales_amount INT, sales_date DATE) PARTITION BY RANGE (sales_date);
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr2022_01_10 PARTITION OF sales_apr2022 FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-01') TO ('2022-04-10');
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr2022_10_20 PARTITION OF sales_apr2022 FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-10') TO ('2022-04-20');
+CREATE TABLE sales_apr2022_20_30 PARTITION OF sales_apr2022 FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-20') TO ('2022-05-01');
+ALTER TABLE sales_range ATTACH PARTITION sales_apr2022 FOR VALUES FROM ('2022-04-01') TO ('2022-05-01');
+
+CREATE TABLE sales_others PARTITION OF sales_range DEFAULT;
+
+CREATE INDEX sales_range_sales_date_idx ON sales_range USING btree (sales_date);
+
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (1,  'May',      1000, '2022-01-31');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (2,  'Smirnoff', 500,  '2022-02-10');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (3,  'Ford',     2000, '2022-04-30');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (4,  'Ivanov',   750,  '2022-04-13');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (5,  'Deev',     250,  '2022-04-07');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (6,  'Poirot',   150,  '2022-02-11');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (7,  'Li',       175,  '2022-03-08');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (8,  'Ericsson', 185,  '2022-02-23');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (9,  'Muller',   250,  '2022-03-11');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (10, 'Halder',   350,  '2022-01-28');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (11, 'Trump',    380,  '2022-04-06');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (12, 'Plato',    350,  '2022-03-19');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (13, 'Gandi',    377,  '2022-01-09');
+INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (14, 'Smith',    510,  '2022-05-04');
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_range;
+SELECT * FROM sales_apr2022;
+SELECT * FROM sales_apr2022_01_10;
+SELECT * FROM sales_apr2022_10_20;
+SELECT * FROM sales_apr2022_20_30;
+
+ALTER TABLE sales_apr2022 MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_apr2022_01_10, sales_apr2022_10_20, sales_apr2022_20_30) INTO sales_apr_all;
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_range;
+SELECT * FROM sales_apr2022;
+SELECT * FROM sales_apr_all;
+
+DROP TABLE sales_range;
+
+--
+-- BY LIST partitioning
+--
+
+--
+-- Test: specific errors for BY LIST partitioning
+--
+CREATE TABLE sales_list
+(salesman_id INT GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,
+ salesman_name VARCHAR(30),
+ sales_state VARCHAR(20),
+ sales_amount INT,
+ sales_date DATE)
+PARTITION BY LIST (sales_state);
+CREATE TABLE sales_nord PARTITION OF sales_list FOR VALUES IN ('Oslo', 'St. Petersburg', 'Helsinki');
+CREATE TABLE sales_west PARTITION OF sales_list FOR VALUES IN ('Lisbon', 'New York', 'Madrid');
+CREATE TABLE sales_east PARTITION OF sales_list FOR VALUES IN ('Bejing', 'Delhi', 'Vladivostok');
+CREATE TABLE sales_central PARTITION OF sales_list FOR VALUES IN ('Warsaw', 'Berlin', 'Kyiv');
+CREATE TABLE sales_others PARTITION OF sales_list DEFAULT;
+
+
+CREATE TABLE sales_list2 (LIKE sales_list) PARTITION BY LIST (sales_state);
+CREATE TABLE sales_nord2 PARTITION OF sales_list2 FOR VALUES IN ('Oslo', 'St. Petersburg', 'Helsinki');
+CREATE TABLE sales_others2 PARTITION OF sales_list2 DEFAULT;
+
+
+CREATE TABLE sales_external (LIKE sales_list);
+CREATE TABLE sales_external2 (vch VARCHAR(5));
+
+-- ERROR:  partition bound for relation "sales_external" is null
+ALTER TABLE sales_list MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_west, sales_east, sales_external) INTO sales_all;
+-- ERROR:  partition bound for relation "sales_external2" is null
+ALTER TABLE sales_list MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_west, sales_east, sales_external2) INTO sales_all;
+-- ERROR:  relation "sales_nord2" is not a partition of relation "sales_list"
+ALTER TABLE sales_list MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_west, sales_nord2, sales_east) INTO sales_all;
+
+DROP TABLE sales_external2;
+DROP TABLE sales_external;
+DROP TABLE sales_list2;
+DROP TABLE sales_list;
+
+--
+-- Test: BY LIST partitioning, MERGE PARTITIONS with data
+--
+CREATE TABLE sales_list
+(salesman_id INT GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,
+ salesman_name VARCHAR(30),
+ sales_state VARCHAR(20),
+ sales_amount INT,
+ sales_date DATE)
+PARTITION BY LIST (sales_state);
+
+CREATE INDEX sales_list_salesman_name_idx ON sales_list USING btree (salesman_name);
+CREATE INDEX sales_list_sales_state_idx ON sales_list USING btree (sales_state);
+
+CREATE TABLE sales_nord PARTITION OF sales_list FOR VALUES IN ('Oslo', 'St. Petersburg', 'Helsinki');
+CREATE TABLE sales_west PARTITION OF sales_list FOR VALUES IN ('Lisbon', 'New York', 'Madrid');
+CREATE TABLE sales_east PARTITION OF sales_list FOR VALUES IN ('Bejing', 'Delhi', 'Vladivostok');
+CREATE TABLE sales_central PARTITION OF sales_list FOR VALUES IN ('Warsaw', 'Berlin', 'Kyiv');
+CREATE TABLE sales_others PARTITION OF sales_list DEFAULT;
+
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Trump',    'Bejing',         1000, '2022-03-01');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Smirnoff', 'New York',        500, '2022-03-03');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Ford',     'St. Petersburg', 2000, '2022-03-05');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Ivanov',   'Warsaw',          750, '2022-03-04');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Deev',     'Lisbon',          250, '2022-03-07');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Poirot',   'Berlin',         1000, '2022-03-01');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('May',      'Helsinki',       1200, '2022-03-06');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Li',       'Vladivostok',    1150, '2022-03-09');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('May',      'Helsinki',       1200, '2022-03-11');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Halder',   'Oslo',            800, '2022-03-02');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Muller',   'Madrid',          650, '2022-03-05');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Smith',    'Kyiv',            350, '2022-03-10');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Gandi',    'Warsaw',          150, '2022-03-08');
+INSERT INTO sales_list (salesman_name, sales_state, sales_amount, sales_date) VALUES ('Plato',    'Lisbon',          950, '2022-03-05');
+
+-- show partitions with conditions:
+SELECT c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass, c.relkind, inhdetachpending, pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid)
+  FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c, pg_catalog.pg_inherits i
+  WHERE c.oid = i.inhrelid AND i.inhparent = 'sales_list'::regclass
+  ORDER BY pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid) = 'DEFAULT', c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass::pg_catalog.text;
+
+ALTER TABLE sales_list MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_west, sales_east, sales_central) INTO sales_all;
+
+-- show partitions with conditions:
+SELECT c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass, c.relkind, inhdetachpending, pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid)
+  FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c, pg_catalog.pg_inherits i
+  WHERE c.oid = i.inhrelid AND i.inhparent = 'sales_list'::regclass
+  ORDER BY pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(c.relpartbound, c.oid) = 'DEFAULT', c.oid::pg_catalog.regclass::pg_catalog.text;
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_list;
+SELECT * FROM sales_nord;
+SELECT * FROM sales_all;
+
+-- Use indexscan for test indexes after merge partitions
+SET enable_seqscan = OFF;
+
+SELECT * FROM sales_all WHERE sales_state = 'Warsaw';
+SELECT * FROM sales_list WHERE sales_state = 'Warsaw';
+SELECT * FROM sales_list WHERE salesman_name = 'Ivanov';
+
+RESET enable_seqscan;
+
+DROP TABLE sales_list;
+
+--
+DROP SCHEMA partitions_merge_schema;