On 7/22/22 13:14, Etsuro Fujita wrote:
On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 3:39 PM Andrey Lepikhov
<a.lepik...@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
Analyzing multi-level heterogeneous partitioned configurations I
realized, that single write into a partition with a trigger will flush
buffers for all other partitions of the parent table even if the parent
haven't any triggers.
It relates to the code:
else if (insertMethod == CIM_MULTI_CONDITIONAL &&
    !CopyMultiInsertInfoIsEmpty(&multiInsertInfo))
{
    /*
     * Flush pending inserts if this partition can't use
     * batching, so rows are visible to triggers etc.
     */
    CopyMultiInsertInfoFlush(&multiInsertInfo, resultRelInfo);
}

Why such cascade flush is really necessary, especially for BEFORE and
INSTEAD OF triggers?

BEFORE triggers on the chosen partition might query the parent table,
not just the partition, so I think we need to do this so that such
triggers can see all the rows that have been inserted into the parent
table until then.
if you'll excuse me, I will add one more argument.
It wasn't clear, so I've made an experiment: result of a SELECT in an INSERT trigger function shows only data, existed in the parent table before the start of COPY. So, we haven't tools to access newly inserting rows in neighboring partition and don't need to flush tuple buffers immediately.
Where am I wrong?

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Regards
Andrey Lepikhov
Postgres Professional


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