I think that this blogpost touches upon the issue you're facing: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/database-soup/partition-at-insert-time-a-smart-mistake-44294 -- Peter Geoghegan http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general