On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 02:27:26PM +0900, Amit Langote wrote:
> > Yes, this is what I needed to know. The updated text is:
> >
> > <!--
> > Author: Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@alvh.no-ip.org>
> > 2022-03-20 [ba9a7e392] Enforce foreign key correctly during
> > cross-partition upd
> > -->
> >
> > <listitem>
> > <para>
> > Improve foreign key behavior of updates on partitioned tables
> > that move rows between partitions (Amit Langote)
> > </para>
> >
> > <para>
> > Previously, such updates ran delete actions on the source partition
> > and insert actions on the target partition. PostgreSQL will now
> > run update actions on the partition root.
> > </para>
> > </listitem>
>
> Looks fine to me. Though I think maybe we should write the last
> sentence as "PostgreSQL will now run update actions on the partition
> root mentioned in the query" to be less ambiguous about which "root",
> because it can also mean the actual root table in the partition tree.
> A user may be updating only a particular subtree by mentioning that
> subtree's root in the query, for example.
Okay, I went with:
Previously, such updates ran delete actions on the source
partition and insert actions on the target partition. PostgreSQL will
now run update actions on the referenced partition root.
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