Re: Named vs Unnamed Partitions

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Gavin Sherry <swm(at)alcove(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Markus Schiltknecht <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>
Subject: Re: Named vs Unnamed Partitions
Date: 2008-01-09 23:34:24
Message-ID: 20080109153424.442bbf7a@commandprompt.com
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On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 23:52:09 +0100
Gavin Sherry <swm(at)alcove(dot)com(dot)au> wrote:
te restrictions.
> >
> > Hmm, well if you found declaring the partitions a problem with
> > constraint exclusion it's not going to be any easier using other
> > declarative approaches.
>
> I disagree (although it is unreasonable for me to do so without
> posting syntax -- it's coming). Proper grammar for partition support
> means running a single DDL command. The user does not have to line up
> table generation with rules (or triggers) and check constraints. As
> such, I believe it to be much much easier.

+1 ....

http://www.databasedesign-resource.com/oracle-partitions.html

I am not saying I like Oracle's syntax (I don't) but:

http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/mysql_5.1_partitioning_with_dates.html

and:

http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/3456991

Or worlds above us in usability.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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