Re: Enabling constraint_exclusion does not avoid scanning all child partitions

"Fayza Sultan" <fayza.sultan@gmail.com> writes:
> CREATE TABLE parent (
>     monthdate date NOT NULL,
>     id int4 NOT NULL,
>     CONSTRAINT parent_idx PRIMARY KEY (monthdate,id )
> );

> CREATE TABLE child1
> (
> CONSTRAINT child1_idx PRIMARY KEY (monthdate,id),
> CONSTRAINT child1_chk CHECK (monthdate >= '2006-01-01 00:00:00'::timestamp
> without time zone AND monthdate < '2006-02-01 00:00:00'::timestamp without
> time zone)

monthdate is date, not timestamp.  See the caveat in the documentation
about avoiding cross-type comparisons when formulating constraints for
constraint exclusion to use.

            regards, tom lane