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From: Laurenz Albe
Sent: Thursday, February 29, 2024 9:32:48 AM
To: David Kelly ;
pgsql-performance@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Table Partitioning and Indexes Performance Questions
On Thu, 2024-02-29 at 11:42 -0500, David Kelly wrote:
> I was
On Thu, 2024-02-29 at 11:42 -0500, David Kelly wrote:
> I was told that partitioned table indexed must always start with the
> partition key columns.
That's not true.
Only unique indexes (as used by primary key and unique constraints) must
contain the partitioning key (but they don't have to sta
I was told that partitioned table indexed must always start with the
partition key columns.
Is this always the case or does it depend on use case? When would you want
to create indexes in this way?
The documentation just mentions that it is strictly unnecessary but can be
helpful. My understandin