Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
>> CLUSTER and VACUUM are not part of the supported commands anymore, so
>> I think that we could replace that by the addition of a reference
>> number in the cell of ALTER TABLE for the event table_rewrite and
>> write at the bottom of the table a description of how this event
>> behaves with ALTER TABLE. Note as well that "might or might not" is
>> not really helpful for the user.
>
> That's precisely why we have an event trigger here, I think --- for some
> subcommands, it's not easy to determine whether a rewrite happens or
> not.  (I think SET TYPE is the one).  I don't think we want to document
> precisely under what condition a rewrite takes place.

Yeah, the current documentation expands to the following sentence, as
browsed in

  http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/interactive/sql-altertable.html

  As an exception, if the USING clause does not change the column
  contents and the old type is either binary coercible to the new type
  or an unconstrained domain over the new type, a table rewrite is not
  needed, but any indexes on the affected columns must still be rebuilt.

I don't think that “might or might not” is less helpful in the context
of the Event Trigger, because the whole point is that the event is only
triggered in case of a rewrite. Of course we could cross link the two
paragraphs or something.

>> 2) The examples of SQL queries provided are still in lower case in the
>> docs, that's contrary to the rest of the docs where upper case is used
>> for reserved keywords.

Right, being consistent trumps personal preferences, changed in the
attached.

> Yes please.  <nitpick> Another thing in that sample code is "not current_hour
> between 1 and 6".  That reads strange to me.  It should be equally
> correct to spell it as "current_hour not between 1 and 6", which seems
> more natural. </>

True, fixed in the attached.

Regards,
-- 
Dimitri Fontaine
http://2ndQuadrant.fr     PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/event-trigger.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/event-trigger.sgml
index 6f71a27..0a80993 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/event-trigger.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/event-trigger.sgml
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@
    </para>
 
    <para>
+    The <literal>table_rewrite</> event occurs just before a table is going to
+    get rewritten by the commands <literal>ALTER TABLE</literal>. While other
+    control statements are available to rewrite a table,
+    like <literal>CLUSTER</literal> and <literal>VACUUM</literal>,
+    the <literal>table_rewrite</> event is currently only triggered by
+    the <literal>ALTER TABLE</literal> command, which might or might not need
+    to rewrite the table.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
      Event triggers (like other functions) cannot be executed in an aborted
      transaction.  Thus, if a DDL command fails with an error, any associated
      <literal>ddl_command_end</> triggers will not be executed.  Conversely,
@@ -120,6 +130,7 @@
         <entry><literal>ddl_command_start</literal></entry>
         <entry><literal>ddl_command_end</literal></entry>
         <entry><literal>sql_drop</literal></entry>
+        <entry><literal>table_rewrite</literal></entry>
        </row>
       </thead>
       <tbody>
@@ -128,510 +139,595 @@
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER COLLATION</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER CONVERSION</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER DOMAIN</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER EXTENSION</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER FOREIGN TABLE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER FUNCTION</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER LANGUAGE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER OPERATOR</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER OPERATOR CLASS</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER POLICY</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER SCHEMA</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER SEQUENCE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER SERVER</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER TABLE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER TEXT SEARCH PARSER</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER TRIGGER</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER TYPE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER USER MAPPING</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>ALTER VIEW</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE AGGREGATE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE CAST</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE COLLATION</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE CONVERSION</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE DOMAIN</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE EXTENSION</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE FOREIGN TABLE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE FUNCTION</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE INDEX</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE LANGUAGE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE OPERATOR</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE OPERATOR CLASS</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE OPERATOR FAMILY</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE POLICY</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE RULE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE SCHEMA</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE SEQUENCE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE SERVER</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE TABLE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE TABLE AS</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE TEXT SEARCH PARSER</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE TRIGGER</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE TYPE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE USER MAPPING</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>CREATE VIEW</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP AGGREGATE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP CAST</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP COLLATION</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP CONVERSION</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP DOMAIN</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP EXTENSION</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP FOREIGN TABLE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP FUNCTION</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP INDEX</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP LANGUAGE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP OPERATOR</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP OPERATOR CLASS</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP OPERATOR FAMILY</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP OWNED</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP POLICY</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP RULE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP SCHEMA</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP SEQUENCE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP SERVER</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP TABLE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP TEXT SEARCH PARSER</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP TRIGGER</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP TYPE</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP USER MAPPING</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>DROP VIEW</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry align="left"><literal>SELECT INTO</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>X</literal></entry>
         <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
+        <entry align="center"><literal>-</literal></entry>
        </row>
       </tbody>
      </tgroup>
@@ -843,4 +939,58 @@ COMMIT;
     event triggers.)
    </para>
   </sect1>
+
+  <sect1 id="event-trigger-table-rewrite-example">
+   <title>A Table Rewrite Event Trigger Example</title>
+
+   <para>
+    Thanks to the <literal>table_rewrite</> event, it is possible to implement
+    a table rewriting policy only allowing the rewrite in maintenance windows.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    Here's an example implementing such a policy.
+<programlisting>
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION no_rewrite()
+ RETURNS event_trigger
+ LANGUAGE plpgsql AS
+$$
+---
+--- Implement local Table Rewriting policy:
+---   public.foo is not allowed rewriting, ever
+---   other tables are only allowed rewriting between 1am and 6am
+---   unless they have more than 100 blocks
+---
+DECLARE
+  table_oid oid := pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid();
+  current_hour integer := extract('hour' from current_time);
+  pages integer;
+  max_pages integer := 100;
+BEGIN
+  IF pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid() = 'public.foo'::regclass
+  THEN
+        RAISE EXCEPTION 'you''re not allowed to rewrite the table %',
+                        table_oid::regclass;
+  END IF;
+
+  SELECT INTO pages relpages FROM pg_class WHERE oid = table_oid;
+  IF pages > max_pages
+  THEN
+        RAISE EXCEPTION 'rewrites only allowed for table with less than % pages',
+                        max_pages;
+  END IF;
+
+  IF current_hour NOT BETWEEN 1 AND 6
+  THEN
+        RAISE EXCEPTION 'rewrites only allowed between 1am and 6am';
+  END IF;
+END;
+$$;
+
+CREATE EVENT TRIGGER no_rewrite_allowed
+                  ON table_rewrite
+   EXECUTE PROCEDURE no_rewrite();
+</programlisting>
+   </para>
+ </sect1>
 </chapter>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 7e5bcd9..abe92ad 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -17540,16 +17540,20 @@ FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE suppress_redundant_updates_trigger();
   <sect1 id="functions-event-triggers">
    <title>Event Trigger Functions</title>
 
+   <para>
+    Currently <productname>PostgreSQL</> provides two built-in event trigger
+    helper function, <function>pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects</>
+    and <function>pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid</>.
+   </para>
+
+  <sect2 id="pg-event-trigger-dropped-objects">
+   <title>Processing objects dropped by a DDL command.</title>
+
    <indexterm>
      <primary>pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects</primary>
    </indexterm>
 
    <para>
-    Currently <productname>PostgreSQL</> provides one built-in event trigger
-    helper function, <function>pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects</>.
-   </para>
-
-   <para>
     <function>pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects</> returns a list of all objects
     dropped by the command in whose <literal>sql_drop</> event it is called.
     If called in any other context,
@@ -17647,6 +17651,68 @@ CREATE EVENT TRIGGER test_event_trigger_for_drops
        For more information about event triggers,
        see <xref linkend="event-triggers">.
     </para>
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 id="pg-event-trigger-table-rewrite-oid">
+   <title>Handling a Table Rewrite Event</title>
+
+   <indexterm>
+     <primary>pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid</primary>
+   </indexterm>
+
+   <para>
+    <function>pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid</> returns
+    the <literal>OID</> of the table that is going to be rewritten on-disk by
+    the current DDL command. If called in any other context,
+    <function>pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid</> raises an error.
+    <function>pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid</> returns the following
+    columns:
+
+    <informaltable>
+     <tgroup cols="3">
+      <thead>
+       <row>
+        <entry>Name</entry>
+        <entry>Type</entry>
+        <entry>Description</entry>
+       </row>
+      </thead>
+
+      <tbody>
+       <row>
+        <entry><literal>oid</literal></entry>
+        <entry><type>Oid</type></entry>
+        <entry>OID of the pg_class entry for the table.</entry>
+       </row>
+      </tbody>
+     </tgroup>
+    </informaltable>
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    The <function>pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid</> function can be used
+    in an event trigger like this:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE FUNCTION test_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid()
+ RETURNS event_trigger
+ LANGUAGE plpgsql AS
+$$
+BEGIN
+  RAISE NOTICE 'rewriting table %', pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid()::regclass;
+END;
+$$;
+
+CREATE EVENT TRIGGER test_table_rewrite_oid
+                  ON table_rewrite
+   EXECUTE PROCEDURE test_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid();
+</programlisting>
+    </para>
+
+     <para>
+       For more information about event triggers,
+       see <xref linkend="event-triggers">.
+    </para>
+  </sect2>
   </sect1>
 
 </chapter>
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/event_trigger.c b/src/backend/commands/event_trigger.c
index 1b8c94b..7b24a74 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/event_trigger.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/event_trigger.c
@@ -42,11 +42,14 @@
 #include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "tcop/utility.h"
 
-
+/*
+ * Data Structure for sql_drop and table_rewrite Event Trigger support.
+ */
 typedef struct EventTriggerQueryState
 {
 	slist_head	SQLDropList;
 	bool		in_sql_drop;
+	Oid			table_rewrite_oid;
 	MemoryContext cxt;
 	struct EventTriggerQueryState *previous;
 } EventTriggerQueryState;
@@ -119,11 +122,14 @@ static void AlterEventTriggerOwner_internal(Relation rel,
 								HeapTuple tup,
 								Oid newOwnerId);
 static event_trigger_command_tag_check_result check_ddl_tag(const char *tag);
+static event_trigger_command_tag_check_result check_table_rewrite_ddl_tag(
+	const char *tag);
 static void error_duplicate_filter_variable(const char *defname);
 static Datum filter_list_to_array(List *filterlist);
 static Oid insert_event_trigger_tuple(char *trigname, char *eventname,
 						   Oid evtOwner, Oid funcoid, List *tags);
 static void validate_ddl_tags(const char *filtervar, List *taglist);
+static void validate_table_rewrite_tags(const char *filtervar, List *taglist);
 static void EventTriggerInvoke(List *fn_oid_list, EventTriggerData *trigdata);
 
 /*
@@ -154,7 +160,8 @@ CreateEventTrigger(CreateEventTrigStmt *stmt)
 	/* Validate event name. */
 	if (strcmp(stmt->eventname, "ddl_command_start") != 0 &&
 		strcmp(stmt->eventname, "ddl_command_end") != 0 &&
-		strcmp(stmt->eventname, "sql_drop") != 0)
+		strcmp(stmt->eventname, "sql_drop") != 0 &&
+		strcmp(stmt->eventname, "table_rewrite") != 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
 				 errmsg("unrecognized event name \"%s\"",
@@ -183,6 +190,9 @@ CreateEventTrigger(CreateEventTrigStmt *stmt)
 		 strcmp(stmt->eventname, "sql_drop") == 0)
 		&& tags != NULL)
 		validate_ddl_tags("tag", tags);
+	else if (strcmp(stmt->eventname, "table_rewrite") == 0
+			 && tags != NULL)
+		validate_table_rewrite_tags("tag", tags);
 
 	/*
 	 * Give user a nice error message if an event trigger of the same name
@@ -257,6 +267,7 @@ check_ddl_tag(const char *tag)
 
 	/*
 	 * Otherwise, command should be CREATE, ALTER, or DROP.
+	 * Or one of ANALYZE, CLUSTER, VACUUM.
 	 */
 	if (pg_strncasecmp(tag, "CREATE ", 7) == 0)
 		obtypename = tag + 7;
@@ -264,6 +275,10 @@ check_ddl_tag(const char *tag)
 		obtypename = tag + 6;
 	else if (pg_strncasecmp(tag, "DROP ", 5) == 0)
 		obtypename = tag + 5;
+	else if (pg_strncasecmp(tag, "ANALYZE", 7) == 0 ||
+			 pg_strncasecmp(tag, "CLUSTER", 7) == 0 ||
+			 pg_strncasecmp(tag, "VACUUM", 6) == 0)
+		return EVENT_TRIGGER_COMMAND_TAG_OK;
 	else
 		return EVENT_TRIGGER_COMMAND_TAG_NOT_RECOGNIZED;
 
@@ -281,6 +296,41 @@ check_ddl_tag(const char *tag)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Validate DDL command tags.
+ */
+static void
+validate_table_rewrite_tags(const char *filtervar, List *taglist)
+{
+	ListCell   *lc;
+
+	foreach(lc, taglist)
+	{
+		const char *tag = strVal(lfirst(lc));
+		event_trigger_command_tag_check_result result;
+
+		result = check_table_rewrite_ddl_tag(tag);
+		if (result == EVENT_TRIGGER_COMMAND_TAG_NOT_SUPPORTED)
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+			/* translator: %s represents an SQL statement name */
+					 errmsg("event triggers are not supported for %s",
+							tag)));
+	}
+}
+
+static event_trigger_command_tag_check_result
+check_table_rewrite_ddl_tag(const char *tag)
+{
+	if (pg_strcasecmp(tag, "ALTER TABLE") == 0 ||
+		pg_strcasecmp(tag, "CLUSTER") == 0 ||
+		pg_strcasecmp(tag, "VACUUM") == 0 ||
+		pg_strcasecmp(tag, "ANALYZE") == 0 )
+		return EVENT_TRIGGER_COMMAND_TAG_OK;
+
+	return EVENT_TRIGGER_COMMAND_TAG_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+}
+
+/*
  * Complain about a duplicate filter variable.
  */
 static void
@@ -641,8 +691,18 @@ EventTriggerCommonSetup(Node *parsetree,
 		const char *dbgtag;
 
 		dbgtag = CreateCommandTag(parsetree);
-		if (check_ddl_tag(dbgtag) != EVENT_TRIGGER_COMMAND_TAG_OK)
-			elog(ERROR, "unexpected command tag \"%s\"", dbgtag);
+		if (event == EVT_DDLCommandStart ||
+			event == EVT_DDLCommandEnd   ||
+			event == EVT_SQLDrop)
+		{
+			if (check_ddl_tag(dbgtag) != EVENT_TRIGGER_COMMAND_TAG_OK)
+				elog(ERROR, "unexpected command tag \"%s\"", dbgtag);
+		}
+		else if (event == EVT_TableRewrite)
+		{
+			if(check_table_rewrite_ddl_tag(dbgtag) != EVENT_TRIGGER_COMMAND_TAG_OK)
+				elog(ERROR, "unexpected command tag \"%s\"", dbgtag);
+		}
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -838,6 +898,77 @@ EventTriggerSQLDrop(Node *parsetree)
 	list_free(runlist);
 }
 
+
+/*
+ * Fire table_rewrite triggers.
+ */
+void
+EventTriggerTableRewrite(Node *parsetree, Oid tableOid)
+{
+	List	   *runlist;
+	EventTriggerData trigdata;
+
+	elog(DEBUG1, "EventTriggerTableRewrite(%u)", tableOid);
+
+	/*
+	 * Event Triggers are completely disabled in standalone mode.  There are
+	 * (at least) two reasons for this:
+	 *
+	 * 1. A sufficiently broken event trigger might not only render the
+	 * database unusable, but prevent disabling itself to fix the situation.
+	 * In this scenario, restarting in standalone mode provides an escape
+	 * hatch.
+	 *
+	 * 2. BuildEventTriggerCache relies on systable_beginscan_ordered, and
+	 * therefore will malfunction if pg_event_trigger's indexes are damaged.
+	 * To allow recovery from a damaged index, we need some operating mode
+	 * wherein event triggers are disabled.  (Or we could implement
+	 * heapscan-and-sort logic for that case, but having disaster recovery
+	 * scenarios depend on code that's otherwise untested isn't appetizing.)
+	 */
+	if (!IsUnderPostmaster)
+		return;
+
+	runlist = EventTriggerCommonSetup(parsetree,
+									  EVT_TableRewrite,
+									  "table_rewrite",
+									  &trigdata);
+	if (runlist == NIL)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Make sure pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid only works when running
+	 * these triggers. Use PG_TRY to ensure table_rewrite_oid is reset even
+	 * when one trigger fails. (This is perhaps not necessary, as the
+	 * currentState variable will be removed shortly by our caller, but it
+	 * seems better to play safe.)
+	 */
+	currentEventTriggerState->table_rewrite_oid = tableOid;
+
+	/* Run the triggers. */
+	PG_TRY();
+	{
+		EventTriggerInvoke(runlist, &trigdata);
+	}
+	PG_CATCH();
+	{
+		currentEventTriggerState->table_rewrite_oid = InvalidOid;
+		PG_RE_THROW();
+	}
+	PG_END_TRY();
+
+	currentEventTriggerState->table_rewrite_oid = InvalidOid;
+
+	/* Cleanup. */
+	list_free(runlist);
+
+	/*
+	 * Make sure anything the event triggers did will be visible to the main
+	 * command.
+	 */
+	CommandCounterIncrement();
+}
+
 /*
  * Invoke each event trigger in a list of event triggers.
  */
@@ -871,6 +1002,8 @@ EventTriggerInvoke(List *fn_oid_list, EventTriggerData *trigdata)
 		FunctionCallInfoData fcinfo;
 		PgStat_FunctionCallUsage fcusage;
 
+		elog(DEBUG1, "EventTriggerInvoke %u", fnoid);
+
 		/*
 		 * We want each event trigger to be able to see the results of the
 		 * previous event trigger's action.  Caller is responsible for any
@@ -1026,8 +1159,9 @@ EventTriggerBeginCompleteQuery(void)
 	MemoryContext cxt;
 
 	/*
-	 * Currently, sql_drop events are the only reason to have event trigger
-	 * state at all; so if there are none, don't install one.
+	 * Currently, sql_drop and table_rewrite events are the only reason to
+	 * have event trigger state at all; so if there are none, don't install
+	 * one.
 	 */
 	if (!trackDroppedObjectsNeeded())
 		return false;
@@ -1041,6 +1175,7 @@ EventTriggerBeginCompleteQuery(void)
 	state->cxt = cxt;
 	slist_init(&(state->SQLDropList));
 	state->in_sql_drop = false;
+	state->table_rewrite_oid = InvalidOid;
 
 	state->previous = currentEventTriggerState;
 	currentEventTriggerState = state;
@@ -1080,8 +1215,9 @@ EventTriggerEndCompleteQuery(void)
 bool
 trackDroppedObjectsNeeded(void)
 {
-	/* true if any sql_drop event trigger exists */
-	return list_length(EventCacheLookup(EVT_SQLDrop)) > 0;
+	/* true if any sql_drop or table_rewrite event trigger exists */
+	return list_length(EventCacheLookup(EVT_SQLDrop)) > 0 ||
+		list_length(EventCacheLookup(EVT_TableRewrite)) > 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1297,3 +1433,25 @@ pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	return (Datum) 0;
 }
+
+/*
+ * pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid
+ *
+ * Make the Oid of the table going to be rewritten available to the user
+ * function run by the Event Trigger.
+ */
+Datum
+pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Protect this function from being called out of context
+	 */
+	if (!currentEventTriggerState ||
+		currentEventTriggerState->table_rewrite_oid == InvalidOid)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+		 errmsg("%s can only be called in a table_rewrite event trigger function",
+				"pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid()")));
+
+	PG_RETURN_OID(currentEventTriggerState->table_rewrite_oid);
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index ecdff1e..8c08f46 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "commands/cluster.h"
 #include "commands/comment.h"
 #include "commands/defrem.h"
+#include "commands/event_trigger.h"
 #include "commands/policy.h"
 #include "commands/sequence.h"
 #include "commands/tablecmds.h"
@@ -303,13 +304,15 @@ static void validateForeignKeyConstraint(char *conname,
 static void createForeignKeyTriggers(Relation rel, Oid refRelOid,
 						 Constraint *fkconstraint,
 						 Oid constraintOid, Oid indexOid);
-static void ATController(Relation rel, List *cmds, bool recurse, LOCKMODE lockmode);
+static void ATController(AlterTableStmt *parsetree,
+						 Relation rel, List *cmds, bool recurse, LOCKMODE lockmode);
 static void ATPrepCmd(List **wqueue, Relation rel, AlterTableCmd *cmd,
 		  bool recurse, bool recursing, LOCKMODE lockmode);
 static void ATRewriteCatalogs(List **wqueue, LOCKMODE lockmode);
 static void ATExecCmd(List **wqueue, AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 		  AlterTableCmd *cmd, LOCKMODE lockmode);
-static void ATRewriteTables(List **wqueue, LOCKMODE lockmode);
+static void ATRewriteTables(AlterTableStmt *parsetree,
+							List **wqueue, LOCKMODE lockmode);
 static void ATRewriteTable(AlteredTableInfo *tab, Oid OIDNewHeap, LOCKMODE lockmode);
 static AlteredTableInfo *ATGetQueueEntry(List **wqueue, Relation rel);
 static void ATSimplePermissions(Relation rel, int allowed_targets);
@@ -2723,7 +2726,8 @@ AlterTable(Oid relid, LOCKMODE lockmode, AlterTableStmt *stmt)
 
 	CheckTableNotInUse(rel, "ALTER TABLE");
 
-	ATController(rel, stmt->cmds, interpretInhOption(stmt->relation->inhOpt),
+	ATController(stmt,
+				 rel, stmt->cmds, interpretInhOption(stmt->relation->inhOpt),
 				 lockmode);
 }
 
@@ -2746,7 +2750,7 @@ AlterTableInternal(Oid relid, List *cmds, bool recurse)
 
 	rel = relation_open(relid, lockmode);
 
-	ATController(rel, cmds, recurse, lockmode);
+	ATController(NULL, rel, cmds, recurse, lockmode);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3015,7 +3019,8 @@ AlterTableGetLockLevel(List *cmds)
 }
 
 static void
-ATController(Relation rel, List *cmds, bool recurse, LOCKMODE lockmode)
+ATController(AlterTableStmt *parsetree,
+			 Relation rel, List *cmds, bool recurse, LOCKMODE lockmode)
 {
 	List	   *wqueue = NIL;
 	ListCell   *lcmd;
@@ -3035,7 +3040,7 @@ ATController(Relation rel, List *cmds, bool recurse, LOCKMODE lockmode)
 	ATRewriteCatalogs(&wqueue, lockmode);
 
 	/* Phase 3: scan/rewrite tables as needed */
-	ATRewriteTables(&wqueue, lockmode);
+	ATRewriteTables(parsetree, &wqueue, lockmode);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3606,7 +3611,7 @@ ATExecCmd(List **wqueue, AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
  * ATRewriteTables: ALTER TABLE phase 3
  */
 static void
-ATRewriteTables(List **wqueue, LOCKMODE lockmode)
+ATRewriteTables(AlterTableStmt *parsetree, List **wqueue, LOCKMODE lockmode)
 {
 	ListCell   *ltab;
 
@@ -3709,6 +3714,19 @@ ATRewriteTables(List **wqueue, LOCKMODE lockmode)
 			heap_close(OldHeap, NoLock);
 
 			/*
+			 * Fire off an Event Trigger now, before actually rewriting the
+			 * table.
+			 *
+			 * We don't support Event Trigger for nested commands anywhere,
+			 * here included, and parstree is given NULL when comming from
+			 * AlterTableInternal.
+			 *
+			 * And fire it only once.
+			 */
+			if (parsetree)
+				EventTriggerTableRewrite((Node *)parsetree, tab->relid);
+
+			/*
 			 * Create transient table that will receive the modified data.
 			 *
 			 * Ensure it is marked correctly as logged or unlogged.  We have
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/cache/evtcache.c b/src/backend/utils/cache/evtcache.c
index ae71bd6..b9d442c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/cache/evtcache.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/cache/evtcache.c
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ BuildEventTriggerCache(void)
 			event = EVT_DDLCommandEnd;
 		else if (strcmp(evtevent, "sql_drop") == 0)
 			event = EVT_SQLDrop;
+		else if (strcmp(evtevent, "table_rewrite") == 0)
+			event = EVT_TableRewrite;
 		else
 			continue;
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h
index 4736532..b1e0372 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h
@@ -4990,6 +4990,8 @@ DESCR("peek at binary changes from replication slot");
 /* event triggers */
 DATA(insert OID = 3566 (  pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects		PGNSP PGUID 12 10 100 0 0 f f f f t t s 0 0 2249 "" "{26,26,23,25,25,25,25}" "{o,o,o,o,o,o,o}" "{classid, objid, objsubid, object_type, schema_name, object_name, object_identity}" _null_ pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects _null_ _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("list objects dropped by the current command");
+DATA(insert OID = 4566 (  pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid	PGNSP PGUID 12 10 100 0 0 f f f f t t s 0 0 26 "" "{26}" "{o}" "{oid}" _null_ pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid _null_ _null_ _null_ ));
+DESCR("return Oid of the table getting rewritten");
 
 /* generic transition functions for ordered-set aggregates */
 DATA(insert OID = 3970 ( ordered_set_transition			PGNSP PGUID 12 1 0 0 0 f f f f f f i 2 0 2281 "2281 2276" _null_ _null_ _null_ _null_ ordered_set_transition _null_ _null_ _null_ ));
diff --git a/src/include/commands/event_trigger.h b/src/include/commands/event_trigger.h
index 0233f4c..5080f4f 100644
--- a/src/include/commands/event_trigger.h
+++ b/src/include/commands/event_trigger.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ extern bool EventTriggerSupportsObjectClass(ObjectClass objclass);
 extern void EventTriggerDDLCommandStart(Node *parsetree);
 extern void EventTriggerDDLCommandEnd(Node *parsetree);
 extern void EventTriggerSQLDrop(Node *parsetree);
+extern void EventTriggerTableRewrite(Node *parsetree, Oid tableOid);
 
 extern bool EventTriggerBeginCompleteQuery(void);
 extern void EventTriggerEndCompleteQuery(void);
diff --git a/src/include/utils/builtins.h b/src/include/utils/builtins.h
index fb1b4a4..02b581d 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/builtins.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/builtins.h
@@ -1189,6 +1189,7 @@ extern Datum unique_key_recheck(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 
 /* commands/event_trigger.c */
 extern Datum pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
+extern Datum pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 
 /* commands/extension.c */
 extern Datum pg_available_extensions(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
diff --git a/src/include/utils/evtcache.h b/src/include/utils/evtcache.h
index c4c284f..4bbd80a 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/evtcache.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/evtcache.h
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ typedef enum
 {
 	EVT_DDLCommandStart,
 	EVT_DDLCommandEnd,
-	EVT_SQLDrop
+	EVT_SQLDrop,
+	EVT_TableRewrite
 } EventTriggerEvent;
 
 typedef struct
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/event_trigger.out b/src/test/regress/expected/event_trigger.out
index d4723b2..dbbb05e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/event_trigger.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/event_trigger.out
@@ -294,3 +294,40 @@ SELECT * FROM dropped_objects WHERE type = 'schema';
 DROP ROLE regression_bob;
 DROP EVENT TRIGGER regress_event_trigger_drop_objects;
 DROP EVENT TRIGGER undroppable;
+-- only allowed from within an event trigger function, should fail
+select pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid();
+ERROR:  pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid() can only be called in a table_rewrite event trigger function
+-- test Table Rewrite Event Trigger
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test_evtrig_no_rewrite() RETURNS event_trigger
+LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$
+BEGIN
+  RAISE EXCEPTION 'I''m sorry Sir, No Rewrite Allowed.';
+END;
+$$;
+create event trigger no_rewrite_allowed on table_rewrite
+  execute procedure test_evtrig_no_rewrite();
+create table rewriteme (id serial primary key, foo float);
+insert into rewriteme
+     select x * 1.001 from generate_series(1, 500) as t(x);
+alter table rewriteme alter column foo type numeric;
+ERROR:  I'm sorry Sir, No Rewrite Allowed.
+alter table rewriteme add column baz int default 0;
+ERROR:  I'm sorry Sir, No Rewrite Allowed.
+-- test with more than one reason to rewrite a single table
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test_evtrig_no_rewrite() RETURNS event_trigger
+LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$
+BEGIN
+  RAISE NOTICE 'Table ''%'' is being rewritten',
+               pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid()::regclass;
+END;
+$$;
+alter table rewriteme
+ add column onemore int default 0,
+ add column another int default -1,
+ alter column foo type numeric(10,4);
+NOTICE:  Table 'rewriteme' is being rewritten
+-- shouldn't trigger a table_rewrite event
+alter table rewriteme alter column foo type numeric(12,4);
+drop table rewriteme;
+drop event trigger no_rewrite_allowed;
+drop function test_evtrig_no_rewrite();
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/event_trigger.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/event_trigger.sql
index 11d2ce5..5b452b0 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/event_trigger.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/event_trigger.sql
@@ -206,3 +206,44 @@ DROP ROLE regression_bob;
 
 DROP EVENT TRIGGER regress_event_trigger_drop_objects;
 DROP EVENT TRIGGER undroppable;
+
+-- only allowed from within an event trigger function, should fail
+select pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid();
+
+-- test Table Rewrite Event Trigger
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test_evtrig_no_rewrite() RETURNS event_trigger
+LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$
+BEGIN
+  RAISE EXCEPTION 'I''m sorry Sir, No Rewrite Allowed.';
+END;
+$$;
+
+create event trigger no_rewrite_allowed on table_rewrite
+  execute procedure test_evtrig_no_rewrite();
+
+create table rewriteme (id serial primary key, foo float);
+insert into rewriteme
+     select x * 1.001 from generate_series(1, 500) as t(x);
+alter table rewriteme alter column foo type numeric;
+alter table rewriteme add column baz int default 0;
+
+-- test with more than one reason to rewrite a single table
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test_evtrig_no_rewrite() RETURNS event_trigger
+LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$
+BEGIN
+  RAISE NOTICE 'Table ''%'' is being rewritten',
+               pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid()::regclass;
+END;
+$$;
+
+alter table rewriteme
+ add column onemore int default 0,
+ add column another int default -1,
+ alter column foo type numeric(10,4);
+
+-- shouldn't trigger a table_rewrite event
+alter table rewriteme alter column foo type numeric(12,4);
+
+drop table rewriteme;
+drop event trigger no_rewrite_allowed;
+drop function test_evtrig_no_rewrite();
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