On 2019-Jun-06, Alex V. wrote: > I think that your position about primary keys in partitional tables is > not right. > > If we see regular table, one-field primary key is cross-table unique. > In partitional tables for users view we MUST also seen unique > one-field primary key because this is user requirement and another > keys can destroy logic between regular and partitional tables and > functionality of partitioning becomes useless. > For administrators of table we not-MAY, but MUST see one-field unique > primary key in cross-table realisation. > All another realizations are plugging holes in a hurry and non-logical > at global review of engine. If you are saying that you think that Postgres should support primary keys that don't necessarily overlap partition keys, then I agree with you. Please send a patch to implement that capability. -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
