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Expert Oracle Database Architecture: Techniques and Solutions for High Performance and Productivity
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Expert Oracle Database Architecture: Techniques and Solutions for High Performance and Productivity

by Darl Kuhn, Thomas Kyte
November 2021
Intermediate to advanced
1169 pages
25h 46m
English
Apress
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D. Kuhn, T. KyteExpert Oracle Database Architecturehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7499-6_13

13. Partitioning

Darl Kuhn1   and Thomas Kyte2
(1)
Morrison, CO, USA
(2)
Denver, CO, USA
 

Partitioning is the process of physically breaking a table or index into many smaller, more manageable pieces. As far as the application accessing the database is concerned, there is logically only one table or one index, but physically that table or index may comprise many dozens of physical partitions. Each partition is an independent object that may be manipulated either by itself or as part of the larger object.

Note

Partitioning is an extra cost option to the Enterprise Edition ...

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