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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: Pg Docs <pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org>
Cc: Edson Richter <edsonrichter@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Partitioning docs (was Re: Range partitioning and overlap)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 22:15:48 -0500
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"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
> Looks good to me (just read the patch), Thanks!  Just one suggestion toward
> the top:

> ...allows you to (specify declaratively => declare) that a table is divided
> into partitions. (specification becomes declaration further down)

Sure.  That's a little further from the previous wording than what
I had, but it's probably better.

> I am curious as to your thoughts on unique indexes and whether/how to
> better incorporate advice regarding the use of ON CONFLICT with
> partitioning [1] vis-a-vis the overview's claim of:
> "The partitioning substitutes for leading columns of indexes, reducing
> index size and making it more likely that the heavily-used parts of the
> indexes fit in memory" [2]



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