Re: Fwd: [PATCHES] Auto Partitioning Patch - WIP version 1

Hi,

>
> > The status has always being WIP, because what has not happened is that we
> > have not had consensus on whether this is a logical first baby step ahead
> > with partitioning. I haven't seen core members commenting on whether
> trying
> > to aggregate the current set of manual operations together via this
> approach
> > is worth spending further efforts, to get it into commitable shape.
>
> There was a lenghty, interesting discussion about this topic in the
> developer meeting in Ottawa.
>
> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PgCon_2008_Developer_Meeting#Partitioning_Roadmap
>

The discussion is indeed interesting. But again the notes do not indicate
any broad consensus on the roadmap :).

The current inheritance based mechanism has its pros-cons and there seem to
be a multitude of requests/expectations around partitioning from different
quarters. Even basic consensus about the syntax is missing. What we need is
a step-by-step approach (starting with fixing up the syntax - if it can be
done like that) and working our way downwards towards the underlying
representation/planning for partitions...

Regards,
Nikhils
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