Re: Oracle Table Spanning

Andrey wrote:

> Dear Daniel, there IS occurence when partitioning would not help - when all
> data at once is requered. You can partition table infinitely correct, but
> this would not help. As original poster noted, he can not change database
> and application design, so you helpfull comments are useless at this given
> case. It's seems like database optimization question, and not so easily
> answerable.

Then please do what has been repeatedly asked ... define "table spanning."

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