Dear Srinivasan,
Implementing partitioning in PostgreSQL can significantly improve the performance of your database
1. Deleting Records Older Than 18 Months
Create the Parent Table: Define your main table as partitioned by range on the timestamp column.
CREATE TABLE your_table (
id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
timestamp TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL,
account_id INT,
user_id INT,
-- other columns
) PARTITION BY RANGE (timestamp);
2. Create Partitions: Define partitions for each range, such as monthly or quarterly. This makes it easier to drop old partitions when they exceed 18 months.
CREATE TABLE your_table_2023_01 PARTITION OF your_table FOR VALUES FROM ('2023-01-01') TO ('2023-02-01');
CREATE TABLE your_table_2023_02 PARTITION OF your_table FOR VALUES FROM ('2023-02-01') TO ('2023-03-01');
-- Repeat for other months
Automate Partition Management: You can use tools like pg_partman or create scripts to manage partitions, ensuring new partitions are created and old ones are dropped as needed.
Hello everyone,
I hope you are all doing well.
I am seeking guidance on how to implement partitioning in PostgreSQL.
We have a large table that currently does not have any partitioning, and we have two requirements for removing old data from this table. We are looking to create a new table with partitioning.
1. The first requirement is to delete all records from the table that are older than 18 months. I believe we can achieve this by using range partitioning on the timestamp column.
2. The second requirement is to remove data from the table when a user leaves the organization. We have the account ID and user ID in the same table.
Could someone please offer guidance on selecting the appropriate partitioning method (range, sub-partition, or composite)?
Additionally, not all queries use the timestamp column in the WHERE condition. Is it mandatory to use the partition key in the WHERE condition to benefit from partitioning? Can we create a composite index that combines the partition key column with other columns used in the WHERE clause? Would this be beneficial?
Thank you.