Nope, they're independent of each other. On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Anj Adu <fotographs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks..I'll rewrite the rules as triggers. Would that in any way impact > constraint exclusion for select statements ?..I assume not. > > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> >> Yeah, rules have more overhead the more partitions you have, whereas >> triggers do not. If you can switch to triggers you'd like see better >> performance, but be aware that plpgsql is kind of retarded when it >> comes to doing anything fancy with triggers. >> >> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Anj Adu <fotographs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Partitioning is implemented via rules and check constraints to ensure >> > partition integrity. >> > >> > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Anj Adu <fotographs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > I noticed a very strange performance issue after I pre-create daily >> >> > partitions for the next month on a table that has a very large insert >> >> > volume >> >> > (30 million a day). After the partitions are created..the inserts >> >> > seem >> >> > to >> >> > slow down. I verifiied that this was the issue by dropping the >> >> > partitions...When I dropped the pre-created partitions..the >> >> > performance >> >> > issue disappeared. Looks like you cannot have too many partitions (in >> >> > this >> >> > case..I had a total of 35 partitions when the performance issue was >> >> > noticed) >> >> >> >> How are you enforcing partiitoning on your inserts? Via app >> >> knowledge, triggers, or rules? I'd expect rules might have a penalty >> >> with more partitions, but not expect it from app or trigger based >> >> partitioning. >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> When fascism comes to America, it will be intolerance sold as diversity. > > -- When fascism comes to America, it will be intolerance sold as diversity. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin