On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 08:51:30PM +0000, Simon Riggs wrote: > > That's what I would have done if it was easier to do with constraint > > exclusion > > (did only date partitioning), as the reporting queries will always have > > some > > server (stats by services, each service being installed on 1 or more > > servers) > > and date restrictions. > > Hmm, well if you found declaring the partitions a problem with > constraint exclusion it's not going to be any easier using other > declarative approaches.
I disagree (although it is unreasonable for me to do so without posting syntax -- it's coming). Proper grammar for partition support means running a single DDL command. The user does not have to line up table generation with rules (or triggers) and check constraints. As such, I believe it to be much much easier. Thanks, Gavin ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match