On 21.02.24 07:40, Michael Paquier wrote:
> This means that all partitioned tables would have pg_class.relam set,
> and that relam would never be 0:
> - The USING clause takes priority over default_table_access_method.
> - If no USING clause, default_table_access_method is the AM used
>
> Any partitions created from this partitioned table would inherit the
> AM set, ignoring default_table_access_method.
>
> Alvaro has made a very good point a couple of days ago at [1] where we
> should try to make the behavior stick closer to tablespaces, where it
> could be possible to set relam to 0 for a partitioned table, where a
> partition would inherit the AM set in the GUC when a USING clause is
> not defined (if USING specifies the AM, we'd just use it).
Yes, I think most people agreed that that would be the preferred behavior.