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    Partition a table

    Dear all,

    I have an old and non-partitioned table with couple hundred millions of rows. Now we need to partition the table to increase performance. Is there a way that I can add partition to the table without recreating it? I tried this and got error:

    alter table test add partition by range (DATE)
    (partition DEC04 values less than ('01-JAN-05'),
    partition JUN05 values less than ('01-JUL-05'));

    alter table test add partition by range (DATE)
    *
    ERROR at line 1:
    ORA-00902: invalid datatype

    I know that Oracle will allow me to add partitions to existing partitioned table, but what about a non-partitioned table?

    Any help will be appreciated.


    Thanks,
    Unna

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    I know that Oracle will allow me to add partitions to existing partitioned table, but what about a non-partitioned table?
    Nope.
    You need to create partitioned table first if you want to add another partition.

    Tamil

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    I'll add that I'm not a fan of that partition naming scheme -- personally I've found it useful for partition names to be alphanumerically ordered the same as the ranges they contain. eg. "Y2004M01", "Y2005M12" etc.
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    Tamil,

    Thank you for your reply. I also found from asktom that I can convert a nonpartitioned table into a partition (or subpartition) of a partitioned table by exchanging their data segments, by using "alter table t exchange partition par1 with table t1 without validation". But it doesn't seem to work in my case. The best way to go with it now is to create a new table with partition, insert data from the original table, drop it, then rename the new table to the original table.


    Thanks again,
    Unna.

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    I have done the exchange partition/table several times in several versions what do you mean it doesnt work?

    Errors?

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    I tried this:
    create table t (b_dt date not null)
    partition by range (b_dt)
    (partition oct04 values less than (to_date('01-NOV-2004','DD-MON-YY')),
    partition jun05 values less than (to_date('01-JUL-2005','DD-MON-YY')) );

    insert into t
    exchange partition oct04
    with table test
    without validation;

    SQL> select count(*) from t;
    COUNT(*)
    ----------
    20

    SQL> select b_dt, count(*) from t
    group by b_dt;
    B_DT COUNT(*)
    --------- ----------
    01-OCT-04 10
    01-JUN-05 10

    SQL> select count(*) from t partition (oct04);
    COUNT(*)
    ----------
    20

    SQL> select count(*) from t partition (jun05);
    COUNT(*)
    ----------
    0

    insert into t
    exchange partition jun05
    with table test
    without validation;

    With this partition, I didn't get partition for both OCT04 and JUN05; however if I have "insert into t select * from test", I got the data partitioned:
    SQL> select count(*) from t partition (oct04);
    COUNT(*)
    ----------
    10

    SQL> select count(*) from t partition (jun05);
    COUNT(*)
    ----------
    10

    I am not sure what I have done wrong with the alter...exchange partion... clause. If I am going to the wrong direction, can you please help me the right way to do that?


    Thanks,
    Unna

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    Demonstration script
    Code:
    drop table t1;
    drop table t2;
    
    create table t1
       (
       col1 date
       )
    partition by range (col1)
    (partition Y2005M01 values less than (date '2005-02-01'),
     partition Y2005M02 values less than (date '2005-03-01'))
    /
    
    create table t2
       (
       col1 date
       )
    /
    
    set feedback off
    
    insert into t1 values (date '2005-01-01');
    insert into t1 values (date '2005-01-02');
    insert into t1 values (date '2005-01-03');
    
    insert into t1 values (date '2005-02-01');
    insert into t1 values (date '2005-02-02');
    insert into t1 values (date '2005-02-03');
    
    insert into t2 values (date '2005-01-06');
    insert into t2 values (date '2005-01-05');
    insert into t2 values (date '2005-01-04');
    
    select * from t1;
    
    select * from t2;
    
    select * from t1 partition (Y2005M01);
    
    alter table t1
    exchange partition Y2005M02
    with table         t2
    with validation
    /
    
    alter table t1
    exchange partition Y2005M01
    with table         t2
    with validation
    /
    
    select * from t2;
    
    select * from t1 partition (Y2005M01);
    ... and here is its execution ...
    Code:
    SQL> drop table t1;
    SQL> drop table t2;
    SQL>
    SQL> create table t1
      2     (
      3     col1 date
      4     )
      5  partition by range (col1)
      6  (partition Y2005M01 values less than (date '2005-02-01'),
      7   partition Y2005M02 values less than (date '2005-03-01'))
      8  /
    SQL>
    SQL> create table t2
      2     (
      3     col1 date
      4     )
      5  /
    SQL>
    SQL> set feedback off
    SQL>
    SQL> insert into t1 values (date '2005-01-01');
    SQL> insert into t1 values (date '2005-01-02');
    SQL> insert into t1 values (date '2005-01-03');
    SQL>
    SQL> insert into t1 values (date '2005-02-01');
    SQL> insert into t1 values (date '2005-02-02');
    SQL> insert into t1 values (date '2005-02-03');
    SQL>
    SQL> insert into t2 values (date '2005-01-06');
    SQL> insert into t2 values (date '2005-01-05');
    SQL> insert into t2 values (date '2005-01-04');
    SQL>
    SQL> select * from t1;
    
    COL1
    ---------
    01-JAN-05
    02-JAN-05
    03-JAN-05
    01-FEB-05
    02-FEB-05
    03-FEB-05
    SQL>
    SQL> select * from t2;
    
    COL1
    ---------
    06-JAN-05
    05-JAN-05
    04-JAN-05
    SQL>
    SQL> select * from t1 partition (Y2005M01);
    
    COL1
    ---------
    01-JAN-05
    02-JAN-05
    03-JAN-05
    SQL>
    SQL> alter table t1
      2  exchange partition Y2005M02
      3  with table         t2
      4  with validation
      5  /
    with table         t2
                       *
    ERROR at line 3:
    ORA-14099: all rows in table do not qualify for specified partition
    
    
    SQL>
    SQL> alter table t1
      2  exchange partition Y2005M01
      3  with table         t2
      4  with validation
      5  /
    SQL>
    SQL> select * from t2;
    
    COL1
    ---------
    01-JAN-05
    02-JAN-05
    03-JAN-05
    SQL>
    SQL> select * from t1 partition (Y2005M01);
    
    COL1
    ---------
    06-JAN-05
    05-JAN-05
    04-JAN-05
    David Aldridge,
    "The Oracle Sponge"

    Senior Manager, Business Intelligence Development
    XM Satellite Radio
    Washington, DC

    Oracle ACE

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    tried this:
    create table t (b_dt date not null)
    partition by range (b_dt)
    (partition oct04 values less than (to_date('01-NOV-2004','DD-MON-YY')),
    partition jun05 values less than (to_date('01-JUL-2005','DD-MON-YY')) );

    Confused with
    (to_date('01-JUL-2005','DD-MON-YY'))


    2005 with YY

    Tamil

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