Re: Fixing findDependentObjects()'s dependency on scan order (regressions in DROP diagnostic messages)

Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie> writes:
> I think that the wording for this example needs to be tweaked.
> Other than that, looks good to me.

After looking closer, I find that it's valid SGML to collapse the two
items into one entry, so how about:

<varlistentry>
<term><symbol>DEPENDENCY_PARTITION_PRI</symbol> (<literal>P</literal>)</term>
<term><symbol>DEPENDENCY_PARTITION_SEC</symbol> (<literal>S</literal>)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The dependent object was created as part of creation of the
referenced object, and is really just a part of its internal
implementation; however, unlike <literal>INTERNAL</literal>,
there is more than one such referenced object. The dependent object
must not be dropped unless at least one of these referenced objects
is dropped; if any one is, the dependent object should be dropped
whether or not <literal>CASCADE</literal> is specified. Also
unlike <literal>INTERNAL</literal>, a drop of some other object
that the dependent object depends on does not result in automatic
deletion of any partition-referenced object. Hence, if the drop
does not cascade to at least one of these objects via some other
path, it will be refused. (In most cases, the dependent object
shares all its non-partition dependencies with at least one
partition-referenced object, so that this restriction does not
result in blocking any cascaded delete.)
Primary and secondary partition dependencies behave identically
except that the primary dependency is preferred for use in error
messages; hence, a partition-dependent object should have one
primary partition dependency and one or more secondary partition
dependencies.
Note that partition dependencies are made in addition to, not
instead of, any dependencies the object would normally have. This
simplifies <command>ATTACH/DETACH PARTITION</command> operations:
the partition dependencies need only be added or removed.
Example: a child partitioned index is made partition-dependent
on both the partition table it is on and the parent partitioned
index, so that it goes away if either of those is dropped, but
not otherwise. The dependency on the parent index is primary,
so that if the user tries to drop the child partitioned index,
the error message will suggest dropping the parent index instead
(not the table).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

regards, tom lane