Re: When to use PARTITION BY HASH?

On Wed, Jun 03, 2020 at 09:45:48AM +0200, Oleksandr Shulgin wrote:
> I see.  So it works with low cardinality in the partitioned column.  With
> high cardinality an index scan on an unpartitioned table would be
> preferable I guess.
> 
> The documentation page I've linked only contains examples around
> partitioning BY RANGE.  I believe it'd be helpful to extend it with some
> meaningful examples for LIST and HASH partitioning.

I agree.  I think it would also be useful to mention the "benefits" which
aren't likely to apply to hash partitioning.

Would you want to propose an example to include ?
Eventually it needs to be submitted as a patch to -hackers.

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Justin