Re: table partition and column default

On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 5:40 PM Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 1:56 PM Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com> wrote:
> > IIRC, there was some discussion about implementing a feature whereby
> > partition's default will used for an attribute if it's null even after
> > considering the parent table's default, that is, when no default value
> > is defined in the parent.  The details are at toward the end of this
> > thread:
> >
> > https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/578398af46350effe7111895a4856b87b02e000e.camel%402ndquadrant.com
>
> Thanks for pointing that thread!
>
> As you mentioned in that thread, I also think that this current
> behavior (maybe restriction) should be documented.
> What about adding the note like "a partition's default value is
> not applied when inserting a tuple through a partitioned table."
> into the document?

Agreed.

> Patch attached.

Thanks for creating the patch, looks good to me.

Thanks,
Amit