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authorAlvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>2021-04-29 11:31:24 -0400
committerAlvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>2021-04-29 11:31:24 -0400
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Improve documentation for default_tablespace on partitioned tables
Backpatch to 12, where 87259588d0ab introduced the current behavior. Per note from Justin Pryzby. Co-authored-by: Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20210416143135.GI3315@telsasoft.com
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
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+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -7564,8 +7564,7 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
<para>
This variable specifies the default tablespace in which to create
objects (tables and indexes) when a <command>CREATE</command> command does
- not explicitly specify a tablespace. It also determines the tablespace
- that a partitioned relation will direct future partitions to.
+ not explicitly specify a tablespace.
</para>
<para>
@@ -7590,6 +7589,14 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
</para>
<para>
+ If this parameter is set to a value other than the empty string
+ when a partitioned table is created, the partitioned table's
+ tablespace will be set to that value, which will be used as
+ the default tablespace for partitions created in the future,
+ even if <varname>default_tablespace</varname> has changed since then.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
For more information on tablespaces,
see <xref linkend="manage-ag-tablespaces"/>.
</para>