From: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Michael Paesold <mpaesold@gmx.at>
Cc: NikhilS <nikkhils@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
Cc: Jonah H. Harris <jonah.harris@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Partition: use triggers instead of rules
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:01:34 -0800
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Michael Paesold wrote:
> NikhilS wrote:
>> <note><para>If you have a partitioning setup that uses rules please
>> refer to the 8.2 documentation on partitioning</para></note>
>>
>> +1
>
> I would also add another sentence about *why* the recommendation was
> changed. We have one rule-based setup here, and it has been working
> flawlessly for us,... so personally I don't even know the reasons.
>
Rules are extremely slow in comparisons and not anywhere near as
flexible. As I said up post yesterday... they work well in the basic
partitioning configuration but anything else they are extremely deficient.
Joshua D. Drake
> Best Regards
> Michael Paesold
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