Re: reload-through-the-top-parent switch the partition table

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Rushabh Lathia <rushabh(dot)lathia(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: reload-through-the-top-parent switch the partition table
Date: 2017-08-02 17:08:20
Message-ID: 13412.1501693700@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> The patch itself looks just fine on a quick glance, modulo the lack of
> documentation, but I think we need to bikeshed the name of the flag.
> --reload-through-root is clear as daylight to me, but I'm not sure
> users will agree. The lack of the word "partition" is perhaps a
> significant flaw, and pg_dump doesn't really reload anything; it just
> dumps.

> The best thing I can come up with after brief thought is
> --partition-data-via-root, but maybe somebody else has a better idea?

--restore-via-partition-root ?

regards, tom lane

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