On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 01:52:27PM +0530, NikhilS wrote: > >I think it'd be great to make adding and removing partitions as > >simple as ALTER TABLE. I don't think that DELETE should be the > >mechanism to drop a partition, though. Again, DML statements > >shouldn't be performing DDL. > > > Since partition is inheritance-based, a simple DROP or "NO INHERIT" will do > the job to deal with the partition. Do we want to reinvent additional syntax > when these are around and are documented?
Well, if the syntax for adding a new partition eventually ends up as ALTER TABLE ADD PARTITION, then it would make more sense that you remove a partition via ALTER TABLE DROP PARTITION. -- Jim Nasby [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
