Re: Allow table AMs to define their own reloptions

On Sun, Mar 02, 2025 at 02:23:54PM +0100, Julien Tachoires wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 02, 2025 at 09:56:41AM +0100, Julien Tachoires wrote:
> > With the help of the new TAM routine 'relation_options', table access 
> > methods can with this patch define their own reloptions 
> > parser/validator.
> > 
> > These reloptions can be set via the following commands:
> > 1. CREATE TABLE ... USING table_am
> >        WITH (option1='value1', option2='value2');
> > 2. ALTER TABLE ...
> >        SET (option1 'value1', option2 'value2');
> > 3. ALTER TABLE ... SET ACCESS METHOD table_am
> >        OPTIONS (option1 'value1', option2 'value2');
> > 
> > When changing table's access method, the settings inherited from the 
> > former TAM can be dropped (if not supported by the new TAM) via: DROP 
> > option, or, updated via: SET option 'value'.
> > 
> > Currently, tables using different TAMs than heap are able to use heap's 
> > reloptions (fillfactor, toast_tuple_target, etc...). With this patch 
> > applied, this is not the case anymore: if the TAM needs to have access 
> > to similar settings to heap ones, they have to explicitly define them.
> > 
> > The 2nd patch file includes a new test module 'dummy_table_am' which 
> > implements a dummy table access method utilized to exercise TAM 
> > reloptions. This test module is strongly based on what we already have 
> > in 'dummy_index_am'. 'dummy_table_am' provides a complete example of TAM 
> > reloptions definition.
> > 
> > This work is directly derived from SadhuPrasad's patch here [2]. Others 
> > attempts were posted here [1] and here [3].
> > 
> > [1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/429fb58fa3218221bb17c7bf9e70e1aa6cfc6b5d.camel%40j-davis.com
> > [2] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAFF0-CG4KZHdtYHMsonWiXNzj16gWZpduXAn8yF7pDDub+GQMg@mail.gmail.com
> > [3] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/AMUA1wBBBxfc3tKRLLdU64rb.1.1683276279979.Hmail.wuhao%40hashdata.cn
> 
> Please find a new version including minor fixes: 'TAM' terms are
> replaced by 'table AM'

Please find a new rebased version. 

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Julien Tachoires