On Sep 3, 2010, at 4:40 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > =?iso-8859-1?Q?PostgreSQL_-_Hans-J=FCrgen_Sch=F6nig?= <postg...@cybertec.at> > writes: >> imagine a system with, say, 1000 partitions (heavily indexed) or so. the >> time taken by the planner is already fairly heavy in this case. > > As the fine manual points out, the current scheme for managing > partitioned tables isn't intended to scale past a few dozen partitions. > > I think we'll be able to do better when we have an explicit > representation of partitioning, since then the planner won't > have to expend large amounts of effort reverse-engineering knowledge > about how an inheritance tree is partitioned. Before that happens, > it's not really worth the trouble to worry about such cases. > > regards, tom lane >
thank you ... - the manual is clear here but we wanted to see if there is some reasonably low hanging fruit to get around this. it is no solution but at least a clear statement ... many thanks, hans -- Cybertec Schönig & Schönig GmbH Gröhrmühlgasse 26 A-2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria Web: http://www.postgresql-support.de -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers