Add comment on no default partition with hash partitioning

alvherre · alvherre · commit 12afc7145c03 · 2019-08-07T12:27:47.000-04:00
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20190806222735.GA9535@alvherre.pgsql
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c
@@ -3727,6 +3727,12 @@ transformPartitionBound(ParseState *pstate, Relation parent,
 
 	if (spec->is_default)
 	{
+		/*
+		 * Hash partitioning does not support a default partition; there's no
+		 * use case for it (since the set of partitions to create is perfectly
+		 * defined), and if users do get into it accidentally, it's hard to
+		 * back out from it afterwards.
+		 */
 		if (strategy == PARTITION_STRATEGY_HASH)
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_TABLE_DEFINITION),
