From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Wed Mar 24 17:10:02 2004 Return-Path: Received: from air189.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i2ONA2r30829 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:10:02 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air189.startdedicated.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i2ONA0o30815 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:10:01 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 2ABAE3919F2; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:07:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01079-72; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:07:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 6AF363919EB; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:06:59 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:05:39 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Delivered-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 25FD6390348 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:05:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01700-20 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:05:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from priv-edtnes46.telusplanet.net (defout.telus.net [199.185.220.240]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id E28143917A7 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:05:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from altair.centrexcc.com ([137.186.208.78]) by priv-edtnes46.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.6.00.05.02 201-2115-109-103-20031105) with ESMTP id <20040324231247.BPKH24634.priv-edtnes46.telusplanet.net@altair.centrexcc.com> for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:12:47 -0700 Message-Id: <6.0.3.0.2.20040324160830.02c4ec48@pop.centrexcc.com> X-Sender: centrex@hosting.telus.net@pop.centrexcc.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.3.0 Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:12:10 -0700 To: oracle-l@freelists.org From: Wolfgang Breitling Subject: RE: Partitioning Question In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org X-archive-position: 1726 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: breitliw@centrexcc.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org 1. create an empty partitioned table with 1 partition as select * from ... where 0=1; 2. exchange the original table with the empty partition 3. split the single partition as needed 4. drop and rebuild any indexes - the indexes could be included in the step 2, but I think you'll need to look at the indexes in light of the partitioning scheme At 03:49 PM 3/24/2004, you wrote: >And before anyone asks ... We are using 8.1.7.4 on a Solaris 9 system. >-----Original Message----- >From: Kevin Lange [mailto:klange@ppoone.com] >Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 4:46 PM >To: 'oracle-l@freelists.org' >Subject: Partitioning Question > >Simple question ... hopefully a simple solution. > > >Is there any way to modify a non-partitioned table to make it partitioned >without rebuilding it ? (i.e. no create as select or >export/import. Hopefully a simple alter command). > >Thanks for any help. > >Kevin Wolfgang Breitling Oracle7, 8, 8i, 9i OCP DBA Centrex Consulting Corporation http://www.centrexcc.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@freelists.org put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------