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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Dimitrios Apostolou <jimis@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: Query on partitioned table needs memory n_partitions * work_mem
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Dimitrios Apostolou <jimis@gmx.net> writes:
> The TABLE test_runs_raw has 1000 partitions on RANGE(workitem_n).

So don't do that.  Adding partitions is not cost-free.

			regards, tom lane