Re: [HACKERS] Partitioned tables and relfilenode

Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8@lab.ntt.co.jp> writes:
> 2. DefineQueryRewrite() may try to scan a partitioned table in the case of
> converting a table to view, where we must make sure that the table being
> converted is empty.  It's checked by scanning the heap, which we should
> not do for a partitioned table.  Nor should we try to drop the storage
> once ready to make the table into a REKIND_VIEW relation (because all
> other checks passed okaying the conversion).

It looks like this patch intends to allow converting a partitioned table
to a view.  I would lobby for refusing the command, instead.  There is
no good reason to allow it, and it might well be a user error.
        regards, tom lane