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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 hundred 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 hundred 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 as more partitions are added. This is
particularly true for the <command>UPDATE</command> and
- <command>DELETE</command> commands. Another reason to be concerned about
+ <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. That's because each