As I understand partitioning, you can automatic "locate the partition into which a row should be added" by adding rules such as (from the documentation): ---------------------------------------------------------- CREATE RULE measurement_insert_y2004m02 AS ON INSERT TO measurement WHERE ( logdate >= DATE '2004-02-01' AND logdate < DATE '2004-03-01' ) DO INSTEAD INSERT INTO measurement_y2004m02 VALUES ( NEW.city_id, NEW.logdate, NEW.peaktemp, NEW.unitsales ); ... CREATE RULE measurement_insert_y2005m12 AS ON INSERT TO measurement WHERE ( logdate >= DATE '2005-12-01' AND logdate < DATE '2006-01-01' ) DO INSTEAD INSERT INTO measurement_y2005m12 VALUES ( NEW.city_id, NEW.logdate, NEW.peaktemp, NEW.unitsales ); -------------------------------------------------------- Is it possible to add a default rule that gets invoked if all the above rules fail to match? Specifically, I'm wondering if it's possible to add a default rule that would create a new partition (with indices, etc.) and would add a new rule for this partition to match the similar ones above (and, of course, then move the INSERT into the new partition). In our case, the partitioning would be simple list partitioning on the values of an 'experiment id', so I'm not concerned about trying to create a range-based WHERE clause in the new rule. Thanks! Steve -- Steve Wampler -- swampler@xxxxxxxx The gods that smiled on your birth are now laughing out loud. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend