PostgreSQL getting parallel query

iamvego writes: A major feature PostgreSQL users have requested for some time now is to have the query planner "parallelize" a query. Now, thanks to Robert Haas and Amit Kapila, this has now materialized in the 9.6 branch. Robert Haas writes in his blog entry that so far it only supports splitting up a sequential scan between multiple workers, but should hopefully be extended to work with multiple partitions before the final release, and much more beside in future releases.

Feature Improvement

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This will greatly improve the already impressive PostgreSQL database engine and help it compete against the more well-known Enterprise Relational Database Engines at a much better price point (free).