Re: Partitioning Tables

On 2/5/21 12:42 PM, Scott Ribe wrote:
>> On Feb 5, 2021, at 11:27 AM, Campbell, Lance <lance(at)illinois(dot)edu> wrote:
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>> So if I do a query like the below it would ideally pull from partition group_member_a rather than group_member_other. However, how would PostgreSQL know on insert a group_member into the proper partition?
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>> Select group_member.* from group, group_member WHERE group.type=’A’ and group.id=group_member.user=’bob smith’;
> When you define the partition, you declare what values go into it. With PG 12, you can insert into the parent and the row will get redirected into the right place. Some older versions (I don't remember how old) required you to insert into the right table, or some voodoo with rewrite rules or triggers.
>
> In other words, smarts about which partitions to scan in your example pre-dates smarts about inserting.
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> I don't remember for sure, but I think maybe PG 13 adds the feature where if you update the group type, the row gets moved. Prior, you'd have to delete and re-insert. Someone correct me?

I don't know about v13, but v12 (and below) error on updating the partition
key.  (That's a common limitation which helps the optimizer /know/ what's in
a partition.)

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