El 20/06/16 a las 09:50, Melvin Davidson escribió:
> 
> 
>>but it won't let it grow too (or am I missing something).
> 
> Yes, you are missing something. By partioning and {Vacuum Full only the
> table with data no longer needed}, the rest of the data remains
> available to the users
> AND space is reclaimed by the O/S, so it's the best of both worlds.

That's not entirely true. Think about a SELECT which has to scan all
child tables.

Your are also adding another layer of complexity to the system.

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