I was browsing some database mailing lists and found this message available at: ---------- (http://www.phpbuilder.com/forum/read.php3?num=2&id=139678&thread=139671) I don't know MSSQL, but if it tries to compete with Oracle, it should have this funcitonality (which oracle does): divide tables into smaller tables that are searched on queries based on a set field/rule. An example of this would be: given the first character of a text column, insert the row into the table partition that has other rows with the same letter. When a query is done where mycol = 'axxs'; the first thing Oracle does is decide which table partition to use and then does the rest of the where statement. You should be able to design a database application without ever caring how many rows will be in each table...as I said, dealing with that is a DBA issue. ---------- It seems that, depending on how data is actually stored on disk and accessed, this method of partitioning a table internally in the database could be a benefit. Has anyone investigated this for PostgreSQL? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
