diff --git a/sqrl-planner/src/main/java/com/datasqrl/engine/database/relational/ddl/PostgresCreateTableDdlFactory.java b/sqrl-planner/src/main/java/com/datasqrl/engine/database/relational/ddl/PostgresCreateTableDdlFactory.java
index 6ececbba3..4d48de3de 100644
--- a/sqrl-planner/src/main/java/com/datasqrl/engine/database/relational/ddl/PostgresCreateTableDdlFactory.java
+++ b/sqrl-planner/src/main/java/com/datasqrl/engine/database/relational/ddl/PostgresCreateTableDdlFactory.java
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ public String createTableDdl(CreateTableJdbcStatement stmt) {
       return partitionDdl;
     }
 
+    // pg_partman owns lifecycle for RANGE+TTL tables — no default partition needed
+    if (stmt.getPartitionType() == PartitionType.RANGE
+        && stmt.getTtl() != null
+        && !stmt.getTtl().isZero()) {
+      return partitionDdl;
+    }
+
     var allPartitionTableName = quoteIdentifier(stmt.getName() + PARTITION_SUFFIX);
     var tableName = quoteIdentifier(stmt.getName());
     var partitionDefinition =
diff --git a/sqrl-testing/sqrl-testing-integration/src/test/resources/snapshots/com/datasqrl/DAGPlannerTest/partitionTest.txt b/sqrl-testing/sqrl-testing-integration/src/test/resources/snapshots/com/datasqrl/DAGPlannerTest/partitionTest.txt
index 29e820b5a..f3b317925 100644
--- a/sqrl-testing/sqrl-testing-integration/src/test/resources/snapshots/com/datasqrl/DAGPlannerTest/partitionTest.txt
+++ b/sqrl-testing/sqrl-testing-integration/src/test/resources/snapshots/com/datasqrl/DAGPlannerTest/partitionTest.txt
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ INSERT INTO `default_catalog`.`default_database`.`Orders_2`
     {
       "name" : "OrderUpdates_1",
       "type" : "TABLE",
-      "sql" : "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS \"OrderUpdates_1\" (\"id\" BIGINT NOT NULL, \"customerid\" BIGINT NOT NULL, \"time\" TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL, \"entries\" JSONB, PRIMARY KEY (\"id\",\"time\")) PARTITION BY RANGE (\"time\");\n\nCREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS \"OrderUpdates_1_all\" PARTITION OF \"OrderUpdates_1\" FOR VALUES FROM (MINVALUE) TO (MAXVALUE)",
+      "sql" : "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS \"OrderUpdates_1\" (\"id\" BIGINT NOT NULL, \"customerid\" BIGINT NOT NULL, \"time\" TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL, \"entries\" JSONB, PRIMARY KEY (\"id\",\"time\")) PARTITION BY RANGE (\"time\")",
       "fields" : [
         {
           "name" : "id",