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From: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
To: Vincenzo Romano <vincenzo.romano@notorand.it>
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* Vincenzo Romano (vincenzo.romano@notorand.it) wrote:
> I see the main problem in the way the planner "understands" which partition
> is useful and which one is not.
> Having the DDL supporting the feature could just be syntactic sugar
> if the underlying mechanism is inadequate.

I'm pretty sure the point with the DDL would be to have a way for the
user to communicate to the planner more understanding about the
partitioning, not just to be syntactic sugar.  With that additional
information, the planner can make a faster and better decision.

	Stephen

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