On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marl...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Amitabh Kant <amitabhk...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi > > > > I am trying to write a function which is being called from a trigger used > > for partitioning a large table. The partitioning is to happen based on an > > integer field (testing_id). A simplified structure of what I am trying to > do > > is written below. > > My advice is to move the table creation from a trigger to a nightly > cron job. I have one that runs each night that checks for the > existence of the needed tables and creates new ones for up to a month > in advance and emails me the results. that way if it starts failing > I've got 30 days to get things fixed. Then another script runs that > creates my new triggers to work with the new partitions. > > Too many race conditions and performance issues with using dynamic DDL > to create partitions. > My partitions are based on a foreign key. I would be creating child tables when a new entry is made in the parent table. With regards Amitabh
