Re: Auto creation of Partitions

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> But when I say
> CREATE TABLE ( a int PRIMARY KEY, ... ) PARTITION blah ...
> then I expect that the primary key will be enforced across all
> partitions.  We currently sidestep that issue by not offering seemingly
> transparent partitioning.  But if you are planning to offer that, the
> unique index issue needs to be solved, and I see nothing in your plan
> about that.

Agreed, it needs to Just Work.  I think it'd still be useful though
if we only support auto-partitioning on the primary key, and that
restriction avoids the indexing problem.

                        regards, tom lane