RE: table partitions and views

From: Jeremiah Wilton <jeremiah_at_ora-600.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:51:46 -0800
Message-ID: <02be01c97508$5a9ac390$0fd04ab0$_at_net>

Michael.Coll-Barth_at_VerizonWireless.com wrote:

> ...I have two scheams with numerous tables, each with partitions based on
> a date. The second parition starts with this year's data for a new group
> that was formed. I'd like to make queries automagically pull data from
> a table in the original schema if the query uses a date prior to the
> start of the year.

Strictly speaking, the way to do this within the relational model would have been to add a column to the partitioned table for "group" (whatever that is) rather than create a new schema.

I suppose you could create a union all view across the two tables.

Or maybe this is logic more appropriately handled within the application.

Regards,

Jeremiah Wilton
ORA-600 Consulting
http://www.ora-600.net
http://oradeblog.blogspot.com

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