Howard J. Rogers wrote:
> Omi wrote:
>
>> Hello there,
>> I have a table in my application which can get very large. I'm using
>> 9iR2 on Windows.
>>
>> The table has a DATE field, and due to the nature of the queries I run
>> on the table, it makes sense for the table to have 31 partitions, one
>> for every day of the month.
>>
>> However, I'm unable to create the table with the following SQL:
>> CREATE TABLE test (
>> timestamp DATE, user_id NVARCHAR2(200)
>> )
>> PARTITION BY RANGE (to_char(timestamp, 'DD'))
>> (
>> partition test_1 values (1), partition test_2 values (2), partition
>> test_3 values (3), partition test_4 values (4), partition test_5
>> values (5), partition test_6 values (6), partition test_7 values
>> (7), partition test_8 values (8), partition test_9 values (9),
>> partition test_10 values (10), partition test_11 values (11),
>> partition test_12 values (12), partition test_13 values (13),
>> partition test_14 values (14), partition test_15 values (15),
>> partition test_16 values (16), partition test_17 values (17),
>> partition test_18 values (18), partition test_19 values (19),
>> partition test_20 values (20), partition test_21 values (21),
>> partition test_22 values (22), partition test_23 values (23),
>> partition test_24 values (24), partition test_25 values (25),
>> partition test_26 values (26), partition test_27 values (27),
>> partition test_28 values (28), partition test_29 values (29),
>> partition test_30 values (30), partition test_31 values (31)
>> );
>>
>> I get syntax errors on the PARTITION BY RANGE line. It seems to expect
>> *only* a fieldname there.
>>
>> How do I create a table like this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Omi
>
>
> By reading the documentation and discovering the fact that range
> partitioning requires the syntax "values LESS THAN (x)".
>
> You are implying "EQUAL TO", and that is not permissible.
>
> HJR
Examples at: http://www.psoug.org/reference/partitions.html
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Received on Fri Apr 16 2004 - 23:31:42 CDT
