The document discusses different types of partitioning for database tables, including range, hash, list, range-hash, and range-list partitioning. Range partitioning divides rows into partitions based on the values of a column like dates. Hash partitioning assigns rows to partitions using a hashing algorithm on a column value. List partitioning assigns rows to partitions based on an explicit list of partition values like groups of states. The examples show how to create and manage table partitions for each type of partitioning.

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Table Partitions:
Range partition:
The example below creates a table of four partitions, one for each quarter's sales. The
columns sale_year, sale_month, and sale_day are the partitioning columns, while their
values constitute a specific row's partitioning key. The VALUES LESS THAN clause determines
the partition bound: rows with partitioning key values that compare less than the ordered
list of values specified by the clause are stored in the partition. Each partition is given a
name (sales_q1, sales_q2, ...), and each partition is contained in a separate tablespace (tsa,
tsb, ...).
CREATE TABLE sales
( invoice_no NUMBER,
sale_year INT NOT NULL,
sale_month INT NOT NULL,
sale_day INT NOT NULL )
PARTITION BY RANGE (sale_year, sale_month, sale_day)
( PARTITION sales_q1 VALUES LESS THAN (2012, 04, 01) TABLESPACE tsa,
PARTITION sales_q2 VALUES LESS THAN (2012 07, 01) TABLESPACE tsb,
PARTITION sales_q3 VALUES LESS THAN (2012, 10, 01) TABLESPACE tsc,
PARTITION sales_q4 VALUES LESS THAN (2013, 01, 01) TABLESPACE tsd );
ALTER TABLE sales
ADD PARTITION jan96 VALUES LESS THAN ( '26-FEB-2013' )
TABLESPACE tsx;
ALTER TABLE sales DROP PARTITION dec98;
ALTER INDEX sales_area_ix REBUILD; (if global index exists)
DELETE FROM sales WHERE TRANSID < 10000;
ALTER TABLE sales DROP PARTITION dec98
ALTER TABLE sales DROP PARTITION dec98 UPDATE GLOBAL INDEXES;
ALTER TABLE four_seasons MERGE PARTITIONS quarter_one, quarter_two INTO
PARTITION quarter_two;
CREATE INDEX i_four_seasons_l ON four_seasons ( one,two )
LOCAL (
PARTITION i_quarter_one TABLESPACE i_quarter_one,
PARTITION i_quarter_two TABLESPACE i_quarter_two,
PARTITION i_quarter_three TABLESPACE i_quarter_three,
PARTITION i_quarter_four TABLESPACE i_quarter_four
);
ALTER TABLE four_seasons MODIFY PARTITION quarter_two REBUILD UNUSABLE
LOCAL INDEXES;
ALTER TABLE four_seasons TRUNCATE PARTITION quartes_one;

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Dropping index partitions:
ALTER INDEX npr DROP PARTITION P1;
ALTER INDEX npr REBUILD PARTITION P2;
Hash Partition:
The following example creates a hash‐partitioned table. The partitioning column is id, four
partitions are created and assigned system generated names, and they are placed in four
named tablespaces (gear1, gear2, ...).
CREATE TABLE scubagear
(id NUMBER,
name VARCHAR2 (60))
PARTITION BY HASH (id)
PARTITIONS 4
STORE IN (gear1, gear2, gear3, gear4);
ALTER TABLE scubagear ADD PARTITION p_named TABLESPACE gear5;
List Partition:
The following example creates a list‐partitioned table. It creates table q1_sales_by_region
which is partitioned by regions consisting of groups of states.
CREATE TABLE q1_sales_by_region
(deptno number,
deptname varchar2(20),
quarterly_sales number(10, 2),
state varchar2(2))
PARTITION BY LIST (state)
(PARTITION q1_northwest VALUES ('OR', 'WA'),
PARTITION q1_southwest VALUES ('AZ', 'UT', 'NM'),
PARTITION q1_northeast VALUES ('NY', 'VM', 'NJ'),
PARTITION q1_southeast VALUES ('FL', 'GA'),
PARTITION q1_northcentral VALUES ('SD', 'WI'),
PARTITION q1_southcentral VALUES ('OK', 'TX'));
ALTER TABLE q1_sales_by_region
ADD PARTITION q1_nonmainland VALUES ('HI', 'PR')
STORAGE (INITIAL 20K NEXT 20K) TABLESPACE tbs_3
NOLOGGING;
ALTER TABLE q1_sales_by_region
MERGE PARTITIONS q1_northcentral, q1_southcentral
INTO PARTITION q1_central
PCTFREE 50 STORAGE(MAXEXTENTS 20);
Range‐Hash Partition:
The following statement creates a range‐hash partitioned table. In this example, three range
partitions are created, each containing eight subpartitions. Because the subpartitions are not
named, system generated names are assigned, but the STORE IN clause distributes them

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across the 4 specified tablespaces (ts1, ...,ts4).
CREATE TABLE scubagear (equipno NUMBER, equipname VARCHAR(32), price
NUMBER)
PARTITION BY RANGE (equipno) SUBPARTITION BY HASH(equipname)
SUBPARTITIONS 8 STORE IN (ts1, ts2, ts3, ts4)
(PARTITION p1 VALUES LESS THAN (1000),
PARTITION p2 VALUES LESS THAN (2000),
PARTITION p3 VALUES LESS THAN (MAXVALUE));
Range‐List Partition:
The following example illustrates how range‐list partitioning might be used. The example
tracks sales data of products by quarters and within each quarter, groups it by specified
states.
CREATE TABLE quarterly_regional_sales
(deptno number, item_no varchar2(20),
txn_date date, txn_amount number, state varchar2(2))
TABLESPACE ts4
PARTITION BY RANGE (txn_date)
SUBPARTITION BY LIST (state)
(PARTITION q1_2013 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE('1-APR-2013','DD-MONYYYY'))
(SUBPARTITION q1_2013_northwest VALUES ('OR', 'WA'),
SUBPARTITION q1_2013_southwest VALUES ('AZ', 'UT', 'NM'),
SUBPARTITION q1_2013_northeast VALUES ('NY', 'VM', 'NJ'),
SUBPARTITION q1_2013_southeast VALUES ('FL', 'GA'),
SUBPARTITION q1_2013_northcentral VALUES ('SD', 'WI'),
SUBPARTITION q1_2013_southcentral VALUES ('OK', 'TX')
),
PARTITION q2_2013 VALUES LESS THAN ( TO_DATE('1-JUL-2013','DD-MONYYYY'))
(SUBPARTITION q2_2013_northwest VALUES ('OR', 'WA'),
SUBPARTITION q2_2013_southwest VALUES ('AZ', 'UT', 'NM'),
SUBPARTITION q2_2013_northeast VALUES ('NY', 'VM', 'NJ'),
SUBPARTITION q2_2013_southeast VALUES ('FL', 'GA'),
SUBPARTITION q2_2013_northcentral VALUES ('SD', 'WI'),
SUBPARTITION q2_2013_southcentral VALUES ('OK', 'TX')
),
PARTITION q3_2013 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE('1-OCT-2013','DD-MONYYYY'))
(SUBPARTITION q3_2013_northwest VALUES ('OR', 'WA'),
SUBPARTITION q3_2013_southwest VALUES ('AZ', 'UT', 'NM'),
SUBPARTITION q3_2013_northeast VALUES ('NY', 'VM', 'NJ'),
SUBPARTITION q3_2013_southeast VALUES ('FL', 'GA'),
SUBPARTITION q3_2013_northcentral VALUES ('SD', 'WI'),
SUBPARTITION q3_2013_southcentral VALUES ('OK', 'TX')
));
ALTER TABLE quarterly_regional_sales
MODIFY SUBPARTITION q1_2013_southeast
ADD VALUES ('KS');

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ALTER TABLE quarterly_regional_sales
MODIFY SUBPARTITION q1_2013_southeast
DROP VALUES ('KS');