Re: 8.2 features status - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jim C. Nasby
Subject Re: 8.2 features status
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Msg-id 20060804192811.GO40481@pervasive.com
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In response to Re: 8.2 features status  (Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>)
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On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 10:27:49AM -0700, Joe Conway wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> >"Luke Lonergan" <llonergan@greenplum.com> writes:
> >
> >>UPDATE/DELETE for CE are a big deal - I really wish we had INSERT too,
> >
> >Huh?  We had INSERT working before, that's why it's not mentioned.
> 
> I think what Luke means, is that an INSERT into the base table of the 
> inheritance hierarchy with CE enabled gets automagically inserted into 
> the correct partition, and as far as I know that still doesn't happen -- 
> but I've certainly been wrong before :-).

Likewise, I suspect that the UPDATE/DELETE constraint elimination don't
do anything 'magical' either; merely figure out what partitions can
safely be ignored for a statement. While that's a good feature to have,
it's far short of being able to automatically 'route' data to the
correct partitions.
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