Re: Storage Model for Partitioning

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> 3. Partitions are RelFileNodes, but not Tables
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> We allow a table to have multiple RelFileNodes, when explicitly declared
> that way.
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> This means we have to change
> - DDL changes to allow TABLE level changes to apply to all RelFileNodes,
> while PARTITION level changes to apply to only one RelFileNode
> - indexes, so they can refer to more than one partition
> - share locking in the executor
> - changes to allow synchronous scans and buffer recycling
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> There *are* other changes not mentioned here that are required for
> partitioning, which although complex are less doubtful.
>
It can be used for global temporary tables with some modification

table defines structure and partitions defines contents for sessions.

Regards
Pavel Stehule
> Simon Riggs
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