Re: Partition By Range Without PrimaryKey : Postgresql Version 12.8 on AWS RDS

From: Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)elevated-dev(dot)com>
To: Phani Prathyush Somayajula <phani(dot)somayajula(at)pragmaticplay(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Matti Linnanvuori <matti(dot)linnanvuori(at)portalify(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Partition By Range Without PrimaryKey : Postgresql Version 12.8 on AWS RDS
Date: 2023-05-22 15:15:32
Message-ID: 5F09A2FE-117F-47D4-B78B-25023A02AFB7@elevated-dev.com
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> On May 22, 2023, at 8:07 AM, Phani Prathyush Somayajula <phani(dot)somayajula(at)pragmaticplay(dot)com> wrote:
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> However, since I was telling other ripple effects, we're trying to test creating subpartitions by placedon and partitions by brandid like below.
> The reason being : we'll have to archive or purge the data post 90 days.

You could still partition by placedon... Partitioning by brandid is not much help with rotating out old data.

Why the change in primary key? In fact, your primary key in that example is not guaranteed unique--if I'm reading this correctly there is a chance of collision.

What's wrong with partitioning by placedon, with a primary key of (betid, placedon)?

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