Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Implement table partitioning.

From: Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com>
To: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Implement table partitioning.
Date: 2016-12-10 19:02:19
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> On Dec 9, 2016, at 22:52, Keith Fiske <keith(at)omniti(dot)com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 10:01 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> One thing that's tricky/annoying about this is that if you have a
>> DEFAULT partition and then add a partition, you have to scan the
>> DEFAULT partition for data that should be moved to the new partition.
>> That makes what would otherwise be a quick operation slow. Still, I'm
>> sure there's a market for that feature.
>
> I would find that perfectly acceptable as long as a caveat about the performance impact was included in the documentation.

+1. I don't think it's conceptually different from adding a column with a default, in that regard; you just have to know the impact.

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