RE: Partition questions

Hi Bill,

You've already got it. It was only an extra-cost option at 8.0.

1. range
2. RTM
3. Yes
4. More complex
5. N/A

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Becker [mailto:beckerb_at_mfldclin.edu] Sent: Wednesday, 13 September 2000 7:17
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Partition questions

Hello,

We are a small, but growing data warehouse using Oracle 8.1.6 on Solaris 2.7. We have several tables whose size exceeds 1 GB, and are considering purchasing the partitioning option from Oracle.

Questions:
1) Which partitioning method do you most commonly use,

   range, hash or composite?
2) What happens when an existing row in partition A receives

   an update which changes a partition key field to make it    a member of partition B?
3) Has the use of partitioning improved the performance of

   your applications?
4) Has the use of partitioning made the DBA's job simpler

   or more complex?
5) Bottom line: do you feel the benefits of partitioning

   were worth the extra cost?

Any other comments, guidelines, advice, etc. is/are appreciated. Thanx to all who take the time to respond.

beckerb_at_dgabby.mfldclin.edu
Bill Becker
Marshfield, Wisconsin USA

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