Re: COPY and partitioning

Thinking about dumping the schema, rewriting that structure with your
partitioning needs, and after copy the data.
Why not?
Just 2 cents, never done it.
to dump a schema:
pg_dump -s dbname > dbname.schema
Then just restore the data, it should work I guess.
Best regards,
Guido

On 11/17/05, Colton A Smith <smith(at)cs(dot)utk(dot)edu> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I understand v8.1 implements table partitioning. Very exciting!
>
> I have a big table (30 G) that is a real headache. I'd like to
> partition it. My plan is the following: (1) use pg_dump -t to
> dump the data; (2) create a partitioning schema with check constraints;
> and (3) repopulate using the COPY utility.
>
> My question: does the COPY utility consult check constraints
> before populating tables?
>
> Thanks as always.
>
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