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Partition Table (Oracle)

This document discusses different types of partition tables in Oracle databases including range, list, and hash partitions. Range partitions divide tables into partitions based on a range of values for a key column. List partitions divide tables into partitions based on a list of values for a key column. Hash partitions divide tables into a specified number of partitions by hashing the values of a key column. The document provides syntax examples for creating, accessing, adding, and dropping partitions for these different partition types.

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Partition Table (Oracle)

This document discusses different types of partition tables in Oracle databases including range, list, and hash partitions. Range partitions divide tables into partitions based on a range of values for a key column. List partitions divide tables into partitions based on a list of values for a key column. Hash partitions divide tables into a specified number of partitions by hashing the values of a key column. The document provides syntax examples for creating, accessing, adding, and dropping partitions for these different partition types.

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PARTITION TABLE:

GENERALLY, PARTITIONS ARE CREATED ON VERY LARGE-


SCALE DATABASE TABLES FOR DIVIDING INTO MULTIPLE SMALL
PARTS AND EACH PART IS CALLED AS "PARTITION".
- BY SPLITTING A LARGE TABLE INTO SMALLER PARTS THEN
DATA CAN ACCESS VERY FAST BECAUSE THERE IS LESS DATA TO
SACN INSTEAD OF LARGE DATA OF A TABLE.
TYPES OF PARTITIONS:
1) RANGE PARTITION
2) LIST PARTITION
3) HASH PARTITION
- IF WE WANT TO ACCESS A PARTICULAR PARTITION THEN
WE FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING,
SYNTAX:
SQL> SELECT * FROM <TN> PARTITION (<PARTITION NAME>);

1) RANGE PARTITION:
- IN THIS METHOD WE ARE CREATING PARTITIONS TABLE
BASED ON A PARTICULAR RANGE VALUE.
SYNTAX:
CREATE TABLE <TN> (<COLUMN NAME1> <DATATYPES>[SIZE],
......................................) PARTITION BY RANGE (<KEY COLUMN
NAME>) (PARTITION <PARTITION NAME1> VALUES LESS
THAN(VALUE), PARTITION <PARTITION NAME2> VALUES LESS
THAN(VALUE), ...........................................................);

EX:
CREATE TABLE TEST1(EID INT, ENAME VARCHAR2(10), SAL
NUMBER (10)) PARTITION BY RANGE(SAL) (PARTITION P1
VALUES LESS THAN (1000),PARTITION P2 VALUES LESS THAN
(2000), PARTITION P3 VALUES LESS THAN (3000));
TESTING:
SQL> INSERT INTO TEST1 VALUES(1,'SAI',2500);
SQL> INSERT INTO TEST1 VALUES(2,'JONES',500);
....................................................................................;
.....................................................................................;

CALLING A PARTICULAR PARTITION:


SQL> SELECT * FROM TEST1 PARTITION(P1);

EID ENAME SAL


-------------- ---------- ----------
2 JONES 500

2) LIST PARTITION:
- IN THIS METHOD WE ARE CREATING PARTITIONS BASED
ON LIST OF VALUES.

SYNTAX:
CREATE TABLE <TN> (<COLUMN NAME1> <DATATYPE>[SIZE],
........................................)
PARTITION BY LIST (<KEY COLUMN NAME>) (PARTITION
<PARTITION NAME1> VALUES (VALUE1, VALUE2, ......),
PARTITION <PARTITION NAME2> VALUES (VALUE1, VALUE2,
......), ............, PARTITION OTHERS VALUES(DEFAULT));

EX:
CREATE TABLE TEST2(SNO INT, CNAME VARCHAR2(10))
PARTITION BY LIST(CNAME) (PARTITION P1
VALUES('ORACLE','MYSQL'),
PARTITION P2 VALUES('JAVA','PHP'), PARTITION OTHERS
VALUES(DEFAULT));
TESTING:
SQL> INSERT INTO TEST2 VALUES(1,'ORACLE');
SQL> INSERT INTO TEST2 VALUES(2,'C');
...................................................................

CALLING A PARTICULAR PARTITION:


SQL> SELECT * FROM TEST2 PARTITION(P1);

SNO CNAME
-------------- ----------
1 ORACLE

3) HASH PARTITION:
- IN THIS METHOD PARTITIONS ARE CREATED BY THE
SYSTEM BY DEFAULT.

SYNTAX:
CREATE TABLE <TN> (<COLUMN NAME1> <DATATYPE>[SIZE],
........................................) PARTITION BY HASH (<KEY COLUMN
NAME>) PARTITIONS <NUMBER>;

EX:
SQL> CREATE TABLE TEST3(SNO INT, SAL NUMBER (10))
PARTITION BY HASH(SAL) PARTITIONS 5;
NOTE: IF WE WANT TO VIEW ALL PARTITIONS INFORMATION IN
ORACLE DATABASE THEN WE USE "USER_TAB_PARTITIONS" DATA
DICTIONARY.
EX:
SQL> DESC USER_TAB_PARTITIONS;
SQL> SELECT PARTITION_NAME FROM USER_TAB_PARTITIONS
WHERE TABLE_NAME='TEST3';
ADDING A NEW PARTITION:
SYNTAX:
ALTER TABLE <TN> ADD PARTITION <PARTITION NAME> VALUES
LESS THAN(VALUE);

EX:
SQL> ALTER TABLE TEST1 ADD PARTITION P4 VALUES LESS THAN
(4000);

DROPPING A PARTITION:
SYNTAX:
ALTER TABLE <TN> DROP PARTITION <PARTITION NAME>;
EX:
SQL> ALTER TABLE TEST1 DROP PARTITION P1;

NOTE: IF WE WANT TO KNOW WHETHER TABLE IS PARTITIONED


OR NOT THEN WE USE "USER_TABLES" DATA DICTIONARY.

EX:
SQL> DESC USER_TABLES;
SQL> SELECT PARTITIONED FROM USER_TABLES WHERE
TABLE_NAME='EMP';

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