Re: Data Warehouse Reevaluation - MySQL vs Postgres --

From: "Iain" <iain(at)mst(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: "Joe Conway" <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Data Warehouse Reevaluation - MySQL vs Postgres --
Date: 2004-09-15 04:54:18
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Hi Joe,

> That's exactly what we're doing, but using inherited tables instead of a
> union view. With inheritance, there is no need to rebuild the view each
> time a table is added or removed. Basically, in our application, tables
> are partitioned by either month or week, depending on the type of data
> involved, and queries are normally date qualified.

That sounds interesting. I have to admit that I havn't touched iheritance in
pg at all yet so I find it hard to imagine how this would work. If you have
a chance, would you mind elaborating on it just a little?

Regards
Iain

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