Re: ToDo: show size of partitioned table

On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 12:56 AM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> postgres=# SELECT count(*) from data;
> ┌─────────┐
> │ count │
> ╞═════════╡
> │ 1000000 │
> └─────────┘
> (1 row)
>
> \dt+ can display actual size of partitioned table data - now zero is
> displayed
>
> postgres=# \dt+ data
> List of relations
> ┌────────┬──────┬───────┬───────┬─────────┬─────────────┐
> │ Schema │ Name │ Type │ Owner │ Size │ Description │
> ╞════════╪══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═════════╪═════════════╡
> │ public │ data │ table │ pavel │ 0 bytes │ │
> └────────┴──────┴───────┴───────┴─────────┴─────────────┘
> (1 row)

I think we should at least display "Type" as "partitioned table" for a
partitioned table, so that it's easy to understand why the size is 0;
partitioned tables do not hold any data by themselves.

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Best Wishes,
Ashutosh Bapat
EnterpriseDB Corporation
The Postgres Database Company