Re: Performance implications of partitioning by UUIDv7 range in PostgreSQL v18

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Jonathan Reis <jon(dot)reis(at)conevity(dot)com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>, Olof Salberger <olof(dot)salberger(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Performance implications of partitioning by UUIDv7 range in PostgreSQL v18
Date: 2025-10-24 05:04:16
Message-ID: b0991c2d8348da5b97bb0cdb1fe7a3d6a21a0df6.camel@cybertec.at
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On Fri, 2025-10-24 at 11:54 +1300, David Rowley wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 at 09:38, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> wrote:
> > I recommend that you create a primary key on each partition rather than having one
> > on the partitioned table.
>
> It might be worth mentioning that doing that would forego having the
> ability to reference the partitioned table in a foreign key
> constraint.

Right, but referencing a partitioned table with a foreign key is a mixed blessing
anyway: you could no longer drop partitions from the partitioned table without
scanning the referencing table to verify that the foreign key is not violated.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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