From: | Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)skype(dot)net> |
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To: | Jim Nasby <jim(at)nasby(dot)net> |
Cc: | Zeugswetter Andreas ADI SD <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>, NikhilS <nikkhils(at)gmail(dot)com>, Shane Ambler <pgsql(at)sheeky(dot)biz>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Auto creation of Partitions |
Date: | 2007-03-09 22:16:20 |
Message-ID: | 1173478581.3243.1.camel@localhost.localdomain |
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Ühel kenal päeval, R, 2007-03-09 kell 15:41, kirjutas Jim Nasby:
> On Mar 9, 2007, at 3:31 AM, Zeugswetter Andreas ADI SD wrote:
> >>> Since partition is inheritance-based, a simple DROP or "NO
> >> INHERIT"
> >>> will do the job to deal with the partition. Do we want to reinvent
> >>> additional syntax when these are around and are documented?
> >>
> >> Well, if the syntax for adding a new partition eventually
> >> ends up as ALTER TABLE ADD PARTITION, then it would make more
> >> sense that you remove a partition via ALTER TABLE DROP PARTITION.
> >
> > But DROP PARTITION usually moves the data from this partition to other
> > partitions,
> > so it is something different.
>
> It does? IIRC every partitioning system I've seen DROP PARTITION
> drops the data as well. It's up to you to move it somewhere else if
> you want to keep it.
Will this proposed DROP PARTITION just disassociate the table from the
master, or will it actually drop the partitions table from the whole
database ?
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