On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Bob Gobeille<bob.gobeille@xxxxxx> wrote: > I gather from rtfm that it is typical to set up partitions so that the > "master" table has no records. But from my understanding of partitions and > doing some tests, I don't see any reason that has to be. So I'm wondering > if I'm missing some subtle (or not so subtle) point about partitions? It's purely a convenience issue. Any child partition can be removed later, The parent will be a pain if you ever want to remove it from the partitioning structure. -- greg http://mit.edu/~gsstark/resume.pdf -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
