On 6/15/12 12:25 PM, Jeff Davis wrote: > On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 11:05 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote: >> The default, 64, has historically proven sufficient for most databases, >> but you might need to raise this value if you have clients that touch >> many different tables in a single transaction. Databases with several >> tables with many partitions each can require raising this setting. > > Is "partition" defined somewhere else in the docs? > > Maybe it should say something like: "Extensive use of table inheritance > is the most common reason to increase this value from the default", > assuming that's what you meant.
Hmmm. I think we should also say "partitioning", as well as "inheritance". Maybe: "Extensive use of table inheritance, such as for tables with many partitions, may require raising this setting." Works? -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
