PostgreSQL:ACTUALIZAR implica moverse entre particiones

Se puede hacer que funcione, el activador que realiza el movimiento solo necesita definirse para cada partición, no para toda la tabla. Así que comience como lo hizo con las definiciones de tabla y el disparador INSERT

CREATE TABLE records (
 record varchar(64) NOT NULL,
 active boolean default TRUE
);

CREATE TABLE active_records (CHECK (active)) INHERITS (records);
CREATE TABLE inactive_records (CHECK (NOT active)) INHERITS (records);

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION record_insert()
RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
BEGIN
  IF (TRUE = NEW.active) THEN
    INSERT INTO active_records VALUES (NEW.*);
  ELSE
    INSERT INTO inactive_records VALUES (NEW.*);
  END IF;
  RETURN NULL;
END;
$$
LANGUAGE plpgsql;

CREATE TRIGGER record_insert_trigger
 BEFORE INSERT ON records
 FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE record_insert();

... vamos a tener algunos datos de prueba ...

INSERT INTO records VALUES ('FirstLittlePiggy', TRUE);
INSERT INTO records VALUES ('SecondLittlePiggy', FALSE);
INSERT INTO records VALUES ('ThirdLittlePiggy', TRUE);
INSERT INTO records VALUES ('FourthLittlePiggy', FALSE);
INSERT INTO records VALUES ('FifthLittlePiggy', TRUE);

Ahora los disparadores en las particiones. La verificación if NEW.active =OLD.active está implícita en la verificación del valor de active ya que sabemos lo que se permite estar en la tabla en primer lugar.

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION active_partition_constraint()
  RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
    BEGIN
      IF NOT (NEW.active) THEN
        INSERT INTO inactive_records VALUES (NEW.*);
        DELETE FROM active_records WHERE record = NEW.record;
        RETURN NULL;
      ELSE
        RETURN NEW;
      END IF;
    END;
    $$
    LANGUAGE plpgsql;

CREATE TRIGGER active_constraint_trigger
  BEFORE UPDATE ON active_records
  FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE active_partition_constraint();

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION inactive_partition_constraint()
  RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
    BEGIN
      IF (NEW.active) THEN
        INSERT INTO active_records VALUES (NEW.*);
        DELETE FROM inactive_records WHERE record = NEW.record;
        RETURN NULL;
      ELSE
        RETURN NEW;
      END IF;
    END;
    $$
    LANGUAGE plpgsql;

CREATE TRIGGER inactive_constraint_trigger
  BEFORE UPDATE ON inactive_records 
  FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE inactive_partition_constraint();

... y probar los resultados ...

scratch=> SELECT * FROM active_records;
      record      | active 
------------------+--------
 FirstLittlePiggy | t
 ThirdLittlePiggy | t
 FifthLittlePiggy | t
(3 rows)

scratch=> UPDATE records SET active = FALSE WHERE record = 'ThirdLittlePiggy';
UPDATE 0
scratch=> SELECT * FROM active_records;
      record      | active 
------------------+--------
 FirstLittlePiggy | t
 FifthLittlePiggy | t
(2 rows)

scratch=> SELECT * FROM inactive_records;
      record       | active 
-------------------+--------
 SecondLittlePiggy | f
 FourthLittlePiggy | f
 ThirdLittlePiggy  | f
(3 rows)