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It is also important to consider the overhead of partitioning during
query planning and execution. The query planner is generally able to
- handle partition hierarchies up a few thousand partitions fairly well,
- provided that typical queries allow the query planner to prune all but a
- small number of partitions. Planning times become longer and memory
+ handle partition hierarchies with up to a few thousand partitions fairly
+ well, provided that typical queries allow the query planner to prune all
+ but a small number of partitions. Planning times become longer and memory
consumption becomes higher when more partitions remain after the planner
performs partition pruning. This is particularly true for the
- <command>UPDATE</command> and <command>DELETE</command> commands. Another
+ <command>UPDATE</command> and <command>DELETE</command> commands. Another
reason to be concerned about having a large number of partitions is that
the server's memory consumption may grow significantly over a period of
time, especially if many sessions touch large numbers of partitions.