Re: On Scalability

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Vincenzo Romano <vincenzo(dot)romano(at)notorand(dot)it>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: On Scalability
Date: 2010-10-07 14:29:27
Message-ID: 20101007142927.GT26232@tamriel.snowman.net
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* Vincenzo Romano (vincenzo(dot)romano(at)notorand(dot)it) wrote:
> I see the main problem in the way the planner "understands" which partition
> is useful and which one is not.
> Having the DDL supporting the feature could just be syntactic sugar
> if the underlying mechanism is inadequate.

I'm pretty sure the point with the DDL would be to have a way for the
user to communicate to the planner more understanding about the
partitioning, not just to be syntactic sugar. With that additional
information, the planner can make a faster and better decision.

Stephen

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