Re: Should we warn against using too many partitions?

Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>

From: Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: David Rowley <david.rowley@2ndquadrant.com>, Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8@lab.ntt.co.jp>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2019-06-10T23:15:12Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 06:11:35PM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2019-Jun-09, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> 
> > I think it should say:
> > 
> > |    Choosing the target number of partitions into which the table should be
> > |    divided is also a critical decision to make.  Not having enough
> 
> I opined elsewhere in the thread that this phrase can be made into more
> straightforward English:
> 
>    Choosing the target number of partitions THAT the table should be
>    divided INTO is also a critical decision to make.  Not having enough
> 
> What do you think of that formulation?

It originally said:
| Choosing the number of partitions to divide the table into is also a

So this mostly changes it back.

One could also say:
|    Another critical decision is [the choice of?] the number of partitions
|    into which the table['s content?] should be divided...

I'm okay with it if David is okay making the change :)

Thanks,
Justin



Commits

  1. doc: Fix grammatical error in partitioning docs

  2. doc: Add best practises section to partitioning docs