On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Melvin Davidson <melvin6925@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Generally, when you partition, data should only be in child tables, and the parent table should be empty, otherwise you defeat the purpose of parttioning.` yes of course the parent table is empty. The trigger on insert is redirecting it to the proper child table. select count(*) from only tstesting.account ; count ------- 0 (1 row) select count(*) from only tstesting.account_part1 ; count ------- 83659 (1 row) select count(*) from only tstesting.account_part5 ; count ------- 83659 (1 row) -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general