BTW , I can not see the planner to prune/isolate the right table/partion ? (constraint_exclusion=on, Version= 8.1.3 on RHEL4) postgres=# explain analyze select count(id1) from part_all where id1 =12 ; QUERY PLAN --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aggregate (cost=5951.74..5951.75 rows=1 width=4) (actual time=111.687..111.688 rows=1 loops=1) -> Append (cost=164.60..5463.19 rows=39084 width=49) (actual time=4.764..91.488 rows=13203 loops=1) -> Bitmap Heap Scan on part_id1_0_10 (cost=164.60..3577.60 rows=25600 width=49) (actual time=0.123..0.123 rows=0 loops=1) Recheck Cond: (id1 = 12) -> Bitmap Index Scan on idx_part_id1_0_10 (cost=0.00..164.60 rows=25600 width=0) (actual time=0.119..0.119 rows=0 loops=1) Index Cond: (id1 = 12) -> Bitmap Heap Scan on part_id1_11_20 (cost=88.19..1494.74 rows=13484 width=49) (actual time=4.635..55.140 rows=13203 loops=1) Recheck Cond: (id1 = 12) -> Bitmap Index Scan on idx_part_id1_11_20 (cost=0.00..88.19 rows=13484 width=0) (actual time=4.067..4.067 rows=13205 loops=1) Index Cond: (id1 = 12) Total runtime: 111.812 ms (11 rows) Time: 114.779 ms Regards. Milen -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Lane Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:18 AM To: Milen Kulev Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Partitioning... "Milen Kulev" <makulev@xxxxxxx> writes: > But When I issue: > insert into part(id1, id2, filler) > select > round( (random()*20)::bigint,0) as id1, <---!!! Note that both partitions should be populated! > round( (random()*20)::bigint,0) as id2, > 'TTTTTTTTTTTESTTTTTZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ' > from generate_series(0,100000); > ERROR: new row for relation "part_id1_0_10" violates check > constraint "part_id1_0_10_id1_check" Don't use random() in your test case. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly