set echo off 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 set pagesize 2000 set long 10000 set linesize 200 set feedback on column partition_name format a25 column high_value format a85 REM REM Virtual column-based partitioning REM 1.Introduce the concept of a virtual column (e.g. Extract the month out of a date) REM 2.Create a simple virtual column and select from it (you can also highlight that you can collect stats on such a column) REM 3.Create a virtual column-based partitioned table (for demonstration purposes this can be something goofy like adding two column values or so) REM 4.insert some data and show the data placement based on the virtual column definitions REM set echo on -- now, create a table product returns with a virtual column, and partition by this column create table product_returns ( order_id number not null , product_id number not null , customer_id number not null , quantity number not null , unit_price number not null , total_value as (quantity * unit_price) virtual ) partition by range(total_value) ( partition dont_even_bother values less than (100) , partition perhaps_the_accountant_cares values less than (1000) , partition now_it_becomes_worrying values less than (10000) , partition oops_somebody_be_fired values less than (100000) , partition this_means_bankruptcy values less than (maxvalue) ) /