You probably are aware of this article - but when planning to exchange
partitions, one should read Jonathan Lewis'es article on it:
http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/17_partition_problems.doc
Cheers, Tanel.
9.2.0.5. CTAS + exchange partition is actually a good idea. In addition, it increases SELECT availability as index is available all the time (index is built on table before exchange). Thanks, Alex
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