September 2014
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
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The partitioning is based on a value that is calculated for each row using a partitioning expression. The partitioning type is a method that is used to assign each row to a particular partition based on the partitioning expression. For example, the RANGE type assigns a range of values to each partition. When a row is inserted, its partitioning expression is calculated. The row will be written into the partition that matches the proper range.
A partitioning expression is a SQL expression that returns a positive integer value or NULL. It is possible to use a temporal column in the partitioned expression as long as an integer value is returned. However, the return value cannot depend on the ...
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