REM RUDIMENTARY PARTITIONING OBE REM REM v0.1 REM REM mwiel 10/18/06 - initial creation REM hbaer 02/07/07 - first adjustments and extensions REM REM REM REM REM REM REF Partitioning REM 1.Introduce the concept of REF Partitioning REM 2.Create a simple partitioned table (e.g. Orders, partitioned by order_date, PK order_id) set echo off set pagesize 2000 set long 10000 set linesize 200 set feedback on column partition_name format a25 column high_value format a85 -- cleanup drop table order_items / drop table orders / -- create initial tablespaces drop tablespace x; create tablespace x datafile '/tmp/x.f' size 10m reuse; drop tablespace y; create tablespace y datafile '/tmp/y.f' size 10m reuse; -- create a range-partitioned table orders create table orders ( order_id number(12) not null , order_date date not null , order_mode varchar2(8) , order_status varchar2(1) ) partition by range (order_date) ( partition p_before_jan_2006 values less than (to_date('01-JAN-2006','dd-MON-yyyy')) , partition p_2006_jan values less than (to_date('01-FEB-2006','dd-MON-yyyy')) , partition p_2006_feb values less than (to_date('01-MAR-2006','dd-MON-yyyy')) , partition p_2006_mar values less than (to_date('01-APR-2006','dd-MON-yyyy')) , partition p_2006_apr values less than (to_date('01-MAY-2006','dd-MON-yyyy')) , partition p_2006_may values less than (to_date('01-JUN-2006','dd-MON-yyyy')) , partition p_2006_jun values less than (to_date('01-JUL-2006','dd-MON-yyyy')) , partition p_2006_jul values less than (to_date('01-AUG-2006','dd-MON-yyyy')) , partition p_2006_aug values less than (to_date('01-SEP-2006','dd-MON-yyyy')) , partition p_2006_sep values less than (to_date('01-OCT-2006','dd-MON-yyyy')) , partition p_2006_oct values less than (to_date('01-NOV-2006','dd-MON-yyyy')) , partition p_2006_nov values less than (to_date('01-DEC-2006','dd-MON-yyyy')) , partition p_2006_dec values less than (to_date('01-JAN-2007','dd-MON-yyyy')) ) parallel / alter table orders add constraint orders_pk primary key (order_id) /