Use the Elastic Parallel Query feature to query data from partitioned tables - PolarDB

PolarDB for PostgreSQL (Compatible with Oracle) allows you to use the Elastic Parallel Query feature to query data from partitioned tables to improve the performance of your databases.

Overview

The Elastic Parallel Query feature allows you to perform the following operations:

Query data from range partitions in parallel.
Query data from list partitions in parallel.
Query data from hash partitions in parallel.
Prune partitions.
Query data from partitioned tables that have indexes in parallel.
Use JOIN to query data from partitioned tables.
This feature cannot be used to query data from multi-level partitions.

Limits

This feature cannot be used to query data from hash partitions in which data is partitioned by more than one column.

Usage

Enable the Elastic Parallel Query feature for partitioned tables.
1. By default, the Elastic Parallel Query feature is disabled for partitioned tables. To enable the feature, execute the following statement:
```
SET polar_enable_px=on;
```
2. To enable the Elastic Parallel Query feature for partitioned tables, execute the following statement:
```
SET polar_px_enable_partition = true;
```
3. To enable the Elastic Parallel Query feature for multi-level partitioned tables, execute the following statement:
```
set  polar_px_optimizer_multilevel_partitioning = true;
```
For more information about how to create a partitioned table, modify a partitioned table, or query data from a partitioned table, see Command list for partitioned tables.