Re: copy.sgml and partitioned tables

On Thu, Dec  3, 2020 at 03:17:23PM -0600, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-copy.html
> |. COPY FROM can be used with plain, foreign, or partitioned tables or with views that have INSTEAD OF INSERT triggers.
> |. COPY only deals with the specific table named; IT DOES NOT COPY DATA TO OR FROM CHILD TABLES. ...
> 
> That language in commit 854b5eb51 was never updated since partitioning was
> added, so I propose this.
> 
> I'm not sure, but maybe it should still say that "COPY TO does not copy data to
> child tables of inheritance hierarchies."

I reworded it slightly, attached, and applied it back to PG 10, where we
added the partition syntax.

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