On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Anj Adu<[email protected]> wrote: > We currently use triggers with static if..then..else statements to determine > which partition the data goes into. Would there be a performance impact if > we were to use dynamic sql to achieve the same ?. The issue with static > triggers is the maintenance overhead of having to redefine the triggers > periodically. The dynamic sql is simple and involves building a sql string > with just a to_char(date_Field) to determine which partition the data goes > into and the trigger will never have to be re-defined.
If you're using plpgsql prepare for a world of pain if you've got any null values in your inserts. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
