yes, the parent is also a target table -- but for partitioning you never put anything in the parent. I could probably talk about the troubles of putting data i

yes, the parent is also a target table -- but for partitioning you never put anything in the parent. I could probably talk about the troubles of putting data in the parent table. and yes, a trigger function is possible -- and I could have mentioned it (although this was written as an explanation of partitioning using the gem I created). I should mention the alternatives and why they weren't employed.