RANGE-PARTITIONED TABLES
This topic contains RANGE-PARTITIONED TABLES that is available since Oracle 8i. 1. RANGE-PARTITIONED TABLES The PARTITION BY RANGE clause of the CREATE TABLE statement specifies that the table or index is to be range-partitioned. The PARTITION clauses identify the individual partition ranges, and the optional sub clauses of a PARTITION clause can specify physical and other attributes specific to a partition segment. Using Reference Partitioning: Range partitioning is useful when you have distinct ranges of data you want to store together. The classic example of this is the use of dates. Here an example: Creates a table of four partitions,...