From: David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
To: PostgreSQL Docs <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
To: PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches@postgresql.org>
Subject: Partition: use triggers instead of rules
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:26:15 -0800
Message-ID: <20071128202615.GG24146@fetter.org> (raw)
Folks,
Best practices for partitioning so far have shown that TRIGGERs are
better than RULEs for most cases. Please find attached a patch which
reflects this.
Thanks to Robert Treat for help putting this together :)
Cheers,
David.
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Index: doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml,v
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diff -c -r1.77 ddl.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml 28 Nov 2007 15:42:31 -0000 1.77
--- doc/src/sgml/ddl.sgml 28 Nov 2007 20:23:44 -0000
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*** 2510,2564 ****
<listitem>
<para>
If data will be added only to the latest partition, we can
! set up a very simple rule to insert data. We must
! redefine this each month so that it always points to the
! current partition:
!
! <programlisting>
! CREATE OR REPLACE RULE measurement_current_partition AS
! ON INSERT TO measurement
! DO INSTEAD
! INSERT INTO measurement_y2006m01 VALUES ( NEW.city_id,
! NEW.logdate,
! NEW.peaktemp,
! NEW.unitsales );
</programlisting>
We might want to insert data and have the server automatically
locate the partition into which the row should be added. We
! could do this with a more complex set of rules as shown below:
<programlisting>
! CREATE RULE measurement_insert_y2004m02 AS
! ON INSERT TO measurement WHERE
! ( logdate >= DATE '2004-02-01' AND logdate < DATE '2004-03-01' )
! DO INSTEAD
! INSERT INTO measurement_y2004m02 VALUES ( NEW.city_id,
! NEW.logdate,
! NEW.peaktemp,
! NEW.unitsales );
! ...
! CREATE RULE measurement_insert_y2005m12 AS
! ON INSERT TO measurement WHERE
! ( logdate >= DATE '2005-12-01' AND logdate < DATE '2006-01-01' )
! DO INSTEAD
! INSERT INTO measurement_y2005m12 VALUES ( NEW.city_id,
! NEW.logdate,
! NEW.peaktemp,
! NEW.unitsales );
! CREATE RULE measurement_insert_y2006m01 AS
! ON INSERT TO measurement WHERE
! ( logdate >= DATE '2006-01-01' AND logdate < DATE '2006-02-01' )
! DO INSTEAD
! INSERT INTO measurement_y2006m01 VALUES ( NEW.city_id,
! NEW.logdate,
! NEW.peaktemp,
! NEW.unitsales );
! </programlisting>
!
! Note that the <literal>WHERE</literal> clause in each rule
! exactly matches the <literal>CHECK</literal>
! constraint for its partition.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
--- 2510,2589 ----
<listitem>
<para>
If data will be added only to the latest partition, we can
! set up a very simple trigger function to insert data. We must
! redefine this each month so that it always points to the current
! partition:
!
! <programlisting>
! CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION measurement_current_partition()
! RETURNS TRIGGER
! LANGUAGE plpgsql
! AS $$
! BEGIN
! INSERT INTO measurement_y2006m01
! VALUES (
! NEW.city_id,
! NEW.logdate,
! NEW.peaktemp,
! NEW.unitsales
! );
! RETURN NEW;
! END;
! $$;
! </programlisting>
!
! The first time we create the table, we create a trigger which
! calls the above trigger function. When we replace the trigger
! function, we don't need to replace the trigger.
!
! <programlisting>
! CREATE TRIGGER insert_measurement_current_partition
! BEFORE INSERT
! ON measurement
! EXECUTE PROCEDURE measurement_current_partition();
</programlisting>
We might want to insert data and have the server automatically
locate the partition into which the row should be added. We
! could do this with a more complex trigger function as shown
! below:
<programlisting>
! CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION measurement_insert()
! RETURNS TRIGGER
! LANGUAGE plpgsql
! AS $$
! BEGIN
! IF ( logdate >= DATE '2004-02-01' AND logdate < DATE '2004-03-01' ) THEN
!
! INSERT INTO measurement_y2004m02
! VALUES (
! NEW.city_id,
! NEW.logdate,
! NEW.peaktemp,
! NEW.unitsales
! );
! ELSIF ( logdate >= DATE '2005-12-01' AND logdate < DATE '2006-01-01' ) THEN
! ...
! ELSIF ( logdate >= DATE '2008-01-01' AND logdate < DATE '2006-02-01' ) THEN
! INSERT INTO measurement_y2008m01
! VALUES (
! NEW.city_id,
! NEW.logdate,
! NEW.peaktemp,
! NEW.unitsales
! );
! ELSE
! RAISE EXCEPTION 'In, measurement_insert(), the date out of range. Fix the trigger function!';
! END IF;
! RETURN NULL;
! END;
! $$;
! </programlisting>
!
! Note that the <literal>WHERE</literal> clause in each section
! of the trigger function exactly matches the
! <literal>CHECK</literal> constraint for its partition.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
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*** 2568,2574 ****
As we can see, a complex partitioning scheme could require a
substantial amount of DDL. In the above example we would be
creating a new partition each month, so it might be wise to write a
! script that generates the required DDL automatically.
</para>
<para>
--- 2593,2601 ----
As we can see, a complex partitioning scheme could require a
substantial amount of DDL. In the above example we would be
creating a new partition each month, so it might be wise to write a
! script that generates the required DDL automatically. You could
! also write a function to determine the partition dynamically
! before doing the INSERT.
</para>
<para>
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