Re: alter table set TABLE ACCESS METHOD

On Mon, Mar 01, 2021 at 11:16:36AM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 04:25:30PM -0600, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > I called this "set TABLE access method" rather than just "set access method"
> > for the reasons given on the LIKE thread:
> > https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20210119210331.GN8560@telsasoft.com
>
> ALTER TABLE applies to a table (or perhaps a sequence, still..), so
> that sounds a bit weird to me to add again the keyword "TABLE" for
> that.

This renames to use SET ACCESS METHOD (resolving a silly typo);
And handles the tuple slots more directly;
And adds docs and tab completion;

Also, since 8586bf7ed8889f39a59dd99b292014b73be85342:
| For now it's not allowed to set a table AM for a partitioned table, as
| we've not resolved how partitions would inherit that. Disallowing
| allows us to introduce, if we decide that's the way forward, such a
| behaviour without a compatibility break.

I propose that it should behave like tablespace for partitioned rels:
ca4103025dfe, 33e6c34c3267

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Justin