Re: [BUG] Fix DETACH with FK pointing to a partitioned table fails

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: tender wang <tndrwang(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Jehan-Guillaume de Rorthais <jgdr(at)dalibo(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] Fix DETACH with FK pointing to a partitioned table fails
Date: 2023-08-07 11:25:04
Message-ID: 20230807112504.gg3nswmtq5xkzy3o@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2023-Aug-07, tender wang wrote:

> The foreign key still works even though partition was detached. Is this
> behavior expected?

Well, there's no reason for it not to, right? For example, if you
detach a partition and then attach it again, you don't have to scan the
partition on attach, because you know the constraint has remained valid
all along.

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