A range partitioned table (RPT), whose verb form is Range partitioning, is a table with a data organization scheme in which data is divided across multiple storage objects called data partitions. Each data partition is uniquely named and assigned to data, index, and LOB tablespaces. Data partitions can share tablespaces or be assigned to private tablespaces. Table partitioning improves performance and eliminates the need to create a partitioned database using the Data Partitioning feature. Other advantages of using table partitioning include:
- It is easy to roll-in and roll-out data. Rolling in a partitioned table data allows a new range to be easily incorporated into a partitioned table as an additional data partition. ...
