Whit Armstrong <armstrong(dot)whit(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I have a simple example copied from the 8.3 manual on partitioning
> (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/ddl-partitioning.html).
> My question is, if you create a serial type in the parent table which
> is meant to be the primary key across all the partitions, how does one
> guarantee uniqueness of that key?
One doesn't. That is not an appropriate way to set up a partitioned
table. You need a primary key that can actually be used as a meaningful
partitioning key. In this example, the id is completely useless and
what you should be looking at is making the data_value be the primary
key.
regards, tom lane