Re: [HACKERS] pg_dump emits ALTER TABLE ONLY partitioned_table

Amit,

* Amit Langote (Langote_Amit_f8@lab.ntt.co.jp) wrote:
> On 2017/02/17 22:32, Stephen Frost wrote:
> > * Amit Langote (Langote_Amit_f8@lab.ntt.co.jp) wrote:
> >> In certain cases, pg_dump's dumpTableSchema() emits a separate ALTER TABLE
> >> command for those schema elements of a table that could not be included
> >> directly in the CREATE TABLE command for the table.
> >
> > Any chance we could start adding regression tests for how pg_dump
> > handles partitions?  I'm just about to the point where I have pretty
> > much everything else covered (at least in pg_dump.c, where it's not a
> > hard-to-reproduce error/exit case, or something version-dependent).
> >
> > If you have any questions about how the TAP tests for pg_dump work, or
> > about how to generate code-coverage checks to make sure you're at least
> > hitting every line (tho, of course, not every possible path), let me
> > know.  I'd be happy to explain them.
>
> Yeah, I guess it would be a good idea to have some pg_dump TAP test
> coverage for the new partitioning stuff.  I will look into that and get
> back to you if I don't grok something there.

As you may have seen, I've added some tests to the pg_dump TAP tests for
partitioning to cover lines of code not already covered.  There are
still some bits not covered though, which you can see here:

https://coverage.postgresql.org/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c.gcov.html

If you have any questions about the way the pg_dump tests work, feel
free to ask.

Thanks!

Stephen