On tor, 2009-10-29 at 11:15 +0900, Itagaki Takahiro wrote:
> Range partitioning:
>   CREATE TABLE table_name ( columns )
>     PARTITION BY RANGE ( a_expr )
>     (
>       PARTITION name VALUES LESS THAN [(] const [)],
>       PARTITION name VALUES LESS THAN [(] MAXVALUE [)] -- overflow partition
>     );

Maybe this needs to mention the actual operator name instead of LESS
THAN, in case the operator is not named < or the user wants to use a
different one.

> Hash partitioning:
>   CREATE TABLE table_name ( columns )
>     PARTITION BY HASH ( a_expr )
>     PARTITIONS num_partitions;
> 
>   CREATE TABLE table_name ( columns )
>     PARTITION BY HASH ( a_expr )
>     (
>       PARTITION name,
>       ...
>     );

Unless someone comes up with a maintenance plan for stable hash
functions, we should probably not dare look into this yet.



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