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Doc: clarify partitioned table limitations
Improve documentation regarding the limitations of unique and primary key constraints on partitioned tables. The existing documentation didn't make it clear that the constraint columns had to be present in the partition key as bare columns. The reader could be led to believe that it was ok to include the constraint columns as part of a function call's parameters or as part of an expression. Additionally, the documentation didn't mention anything about the fact that we disallow unique and primary key constraints if the partition keys contain *any* function calls or expressions, regardless of if the constraint columns appear as columns elsewhere in the partition key. The confusion here was highlighted by a report on the general mailing list by James Vanns. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAH7vdhNF0EdYZz3GLpgE3RSJLwWLhEk7A_fiKS9dPBT3Dz_3eA@mail.gmail.com Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAApHDvoU-u9iTqKjteYRFfi+UNEk7dbSAcyxEQD==vZt9B1KnA@mail.gmail.com Reviewed-by: Erik Rijkers Backpatch-through: 11
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<para>
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Unique constraints (and hence primary keys) on partitioned tables must
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include all the partition key columns. This limitation exists because
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the individual indexes making up the constraint can only directly
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enforce uniqueness within their own partitions; therefore, the
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partition structure itself must guarantee that there are not
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duplicates in different partitions.
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To create a unique or primary key constraint on a partitioned table,
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the partition keys must not include any expressions or function calls
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and the constraint's columns must include all of the partition key
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columns. This limitation exists because the individual indexes making
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up the constraint can only directly enforce uniqueness within their own
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partitions; therefore, the partition structure itself must guarantee
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that there are not duplicates in different partitions.
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</listitem>
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