Re: inheritance. more.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Karsten Hilbert" <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: inheritance. more.
Date: 2008-04-30 15:12:47
Message-ID: 18973.1209568367@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Karsten Hilbert" <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
>> And maybe having one huge index managing the uniqueness across partitioned
>> data just defeats the idea of data partitioning!

> Except when you want uniqueness across all partitions.

Well, the point was that if the partitioning arrangement guarantees to
put distinct ranges of the key into distinct tables, then a separate
unique constraint on each table would suffice to guarantee global
uniqueness.

You can set up such a thing today, but it's a manual jury-rigged affair.
An automatic partitioning system would be a lot nicer.

regards, tom lane

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