Re: Auto Partitioning

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Markus Schiltknecht <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>, NikhilS <nikkhils(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Auto Partitioning
Date: 2007-04-04 14:07:39
Message-ID: 4613B12B.8050805@dunslane.net
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Simon Riggs wrote:
> My hope is to have a mechanism to partition indexes or recognise that
> they are partitioned, so that a set of provably-distinct unique indexes
> can provide the exact same functionlity as a single large unique index,
> just without the management nightmare.
>
>

Will this address the fairly common data design problem where we need to
ensure that a given value is unique across several tables (possibly
siblings, possibly not)? If so, then full steam ahead.

cheers

andrew

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