| From: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
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| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Markus Schiltknecht <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>, NikhilS <nikkhils(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Auto Partitioning |
| Date: | 2007-04-04 16:43:28 |
| Message-ID: | 20070404164328.GA13030@fetter.org |
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On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 10:07:39AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
> >My hope is to have a mechanism to partition indexes or recognise
> >that they are partitioned, so that a set of provably-distinct
> >unique indexes can provide the exact same functionlity as a single
> >large unique index, just without the management nightmare.
>
> Will this address the fairly common data design problem where we
> need to ensure that a given value is unique across several tables
> (possibly siblings, possibly not)?
That would be where the provably-distinct part comes in, so yes.
> If so, then full steam ahead.
Cheers,
D
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