Re: Auto Partitioning Patch - WIP version 1

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: NikhilS <nikkhils(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Auto Partitioning Patch - WIP version 1
Date: 2008-03-21 17:01:35
Message-ID: 1206118895.4285.689.camel@ebony.site
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On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 11:18 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> I think it is unwise to wait on Gavin for a more complex implemention
> --- we might end up with nothing for 8.4. As long as your syntax is
> compatible with whatever Gavin proposed Gavin can add on to your patch
> once it is applied.

The patch as stands does little apart from bring together many DDL
statements into one. Partitioning is much much more than this so there
seems little reason to think we should rush to commit this, especially
before we get some good docs that explain what it does, and why.

--
Simon Riggs
2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com

PostgreSQL UK 2008 Conference: http://www.postgresql.org.uk

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