Don't copy extended statistics during MERGE/SPLIT partition operations

When MERGE/SPLIT created new partitions, it was cloning the extended
statistics of the parent table.

However, extended stats on partitioned tables don't behave like
indexes on partitioned tables (which exist only to create physical
indexes on child tables).  Rather, extended stats on a parent 1) cause
extended stats to be collected and computed across the whole partition
hierarchy, and 2) do not cause extended stats to be computed for the
individual partitions.

"CREATE TABLE ... PARTITION OF" command doesn't copy extended
statistics.  This commit makes createPartitionTable() behave
consistently.

Reported-by: Justin Pryzby
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/ZiJW1g2nbQs9ekwK%40pryzbyj2023
Author: Alexander Korotkov, Justin Pryzby

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
index 5d352abf991b514a5a6a004f22bc9becc7365309..c062a36880da049abf646bcc1ad20a4772ba1d46 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
@@ -1154,9 +1154,12 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM
      </para>
      <para>
       The new partitions will be created the same as tables created with the
-      SQL command <literal>CREATE TABLE <replaceable class="parameter">partition_nameN</replaceable> (LIKE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> INCLUDING ALL EXCLUDING INDEXES EXCLUDING IDENTITY)</literal>.
+      SQL command <literal>CREATE TABLE <replaceable class="parameter">partition_nameN</replaceable> (LIKE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> INCLUDING ALL EXCLUDING INDEXES EXCLUDING IDENTITY EXCLUDING STATISTICS)</literal>.
       The indexes and identity are created later, after moving the data
       into the new partitions.
+      Extended statistics aren't copied from the parent table, for consistency with
+      <command>CREATE TABLE PARTITION OF</command>.
+
       New partitions will have the same table access method as the parent.
       If the parent table is persistent then new partitions are created
       persistent.  If the parent table is temporary then new partitions
@@ -1224,9 +1227,11 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM
      </para>
      <para>
       The new partition will be created the same as a table created with the
-      SQL command <literal>CREATE TABLE <replaceable class="parameter">partition_name</replaceable> (LIKE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> INCLUDING ALL EXCLUDING INDEXES EXCLUDING IDENTITY)</literal>.
+      SQL command <literal>CREATE TABLE <replaceable class="parameter">partition_name</replaceable> (LIKE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> INCLUDING ALL EXCLUDING INDEXES EXCLUDING IDENTITY EXCLUDING STATISTICS)</literal>.
       The indexes and identity are created later, after moving the data
       into the new partition.
+      Extended statistics aren't copied from the parent table, for consistency with
+      <command>CREATE TABLE PARTITION OF</command>.
       The new partition will have the same table access method as the parent.
       If the parent table is persistent then the new partition is created
       persistent.  If the parent table is temporary then the new partition

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index 7a063ca8ae0aaffbb19cffee7c4c9c7f0866f578..7b6c69b7a52d9b0747a14e256a815b06ad198de6 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -20269,7 +20269,7 @@ moveSplitTableRows(Relation rel, Relation splitRel, List *partlist, List *newPar
  * (newPartName) like table (modelRel)
  *
  * Emulates command: CREATE [TEMP] TABLE <newPartName> (LIKE <modelRel's name>
- * INCLUDING ALL EXCLUDING INDEXES EXCLUDING IDENTITY)
+ * INCLUDING ALL EXCLUDING INDEXES EXCLUDING IDENTITY EXCLUDING STATISTICS)
  *
  * Also, this function sets the new partition access method same as parent
  * table access methods (similarly to CREATE TABLE ... PARTITION OF).  It
@@ -20313,9 +20313,11 @@ createPartitionTable(RangeVar *newPartName, Relation modelRel,
 
    /*
     * Indexes will be inherited on "attach new partitions" stage, after data
-    * moving.
+    * moving.  We also don't copy the extended statistics for consistency
+    * with CREATE TABLE PARTITION OF.
     */
-   tlc->options = CREATE_TABLE_LIKE_ALL & ~(CREATE_TABLE_LIKE_INDEXES | CREATE_TABLE_LIKE_IDENTITY);
+   tlc->options = CREATE_TABLE_LIKE_ALL &
+       ~(CREATE_TABLE_LIKE_INDEXES | CREATE_TABLE_LIKE_IDENTITY | CREATE_TABLE_LIKE_STATISTICS);
    tlc->relationOid = InvalidOid;
    createStmt->tableElts = lappend(createStmt->tableElts, tlc);