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Fix some documentation about FKs and partitioned tables

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This got forgotten in f56f8f which has added foreign key support for
partitioned tables.  In passing, add a mention about caveats applying to
tables partitioned using inheritance regarding indexes and foreign keys.

Author: Paul A Jungwirth
Reviewed-by: Amit Langote, Michael Paquier
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CA+renyUuSmYgmZjKc_DfUNVZ0uttF91-FwhDVW3F7WEPj0jL5w@mail.gmail.com
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Michael Paquier 2019-05-29 11:19:06 -04:00
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@ -3964,14 +3964,6 @@ ALTER TABLE measurement ATTACH PARTITION measurement_y2008m02
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
While primary keys are supported on partitioned tables, foreign
keys referencing partitioned tables are not supported. (Foreign key
references from a partitioned table to some other table are supported.)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>BEFORE ROW</literal> triggers, if necessary, must be defined
@ -4354,6 +4346,14 @@ ALTER TABLE measurement_y2008m02 INHERIT measurement;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Indexes and foreign key constraints apply to single tables and not
to their inheritance children, hence they have some
<link linkend="ddl-inherit-caveats">caveats</link> to be aware of.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The schemes shown here assume that the values of a row's key column(s)