Re: postgres_fdw - push down conditionals for ENUMs

From: Sergiy Zuban <s(dot)zuban(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postgres_fdw - push down conditionals for ENUMs
Date: 2015-06-04 21:30:08
Message-ID: CAGz8fGbmdMOLApH1nAf=088QOho=iCOG82pWypYP64BGnR0Y3g@mail.gmail.com
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>
> > 1. Is there any plans to add "non-strict mode" (configurable via options
>> on
>> > server/table/column level) to allow pushing down conditions for all data
>> > types?
>>
>> No. You might as well call it a "return random answers" mode.
>>
>
> Its bad. I think most users would be happy to have "auto discovery" mode
> when foreign table fetches all required meta info to act like original
> table.
>

Since 9.5 has IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA don't you think that foreign tables can
be marked as "imported". This 100% guarantees that all user-defined data
types/domains (including ENUMs) imported as well. It should be safe to push
down conditionals for imported types. Does it makes sense?

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