We are planning on deploying postgres 8.4 in a month or two to production. From the expected feature list for 8.5, I have seen one on simplified table partitioning. Will 8.5 have table partitions as first-class objects (i.e not inheritted tables..but partitions) Also..will 8.5 have a migration option to future releases without dump/restore (e.g 8.5 to 9 ) If so, we may consider waiting. Thank you Sriram -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin